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Sun 27 Feb, 2022 11:07 pm
A Ukrainian company in charge of building and maintaining roads said it was removing all road signs that could be used by invading Russian forces to find their way around the country. The company, Ukravtodor, said in a Facebook post: “The enemy has poor communications, they cannot navigate the terrain. Let us help them get straight to hell.”
Should "Ukravtodor" be within inverted commas?
Thanks.
@tanguatlay,
I would no more put Ukravtodor within inverted commas than I would General Motors.
@Mame,
Me too, but I've always called them 'half quotes'. Is there a standard nomenclature?
@roger,
I call them apostrophes, but I'm sure there is a correct word out there, depending on what part of the world you inhabit. I don't care if they are single or double, they're apostrophes. Someone will come along and set us right, Roger, and I look forward to learning something today. I could Google it but I just don't give a damn.
@roger,
smooch - they're called Quotation Marks
I knew that, but not thinking so clearly right now
@Mame,
Even if you only 'use' half of the "quotation" marks?
@Mame,
We say speech marks.
When I was a kid we called them sixty-six and ninety-nine.
@roger,
A single one is an apostrophe, double is quotation marks, according to the site I looked at. I could be wrong as I'm certainly no expert.
@Mame,
Made you look it up, though. It has been interesting, and even informative.
@roger,
An apostrophe is used to indicate a missing letter as in
can't, or possession as in
John's book.
There is a 'single' quotation mark or a "double" quotation mark.
@cherrie,
Thank you. Now to see if I remember that.
@roger,
Quotation marks are also called inverted commas.
Single quote marks or quotation marks/double quote marks or quotation marks.
Easiest way to find a semi-universalish usage is to try it with voice recogniton.
@jespah,
jespah wrote:
Single quote marks or quotation marks/double quote marks or quotation marks.
Not over here, inverted commas or speech marks.
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