J Ju Key Member Joined Nov 6, 2006 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country Hong Kong Current Location Hong Kong Aug 9, 2020 #1 ' ' is called single quotation marks or single inverted commas. " " is called double quotation marks or double inverted commas. Am I right?
' ' is called single quotation marks or single inverted commas. " " is called double quotation marks or double inverted commas. Am I right?
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Aug 9, 2020 #2 Ju said: ' ' are called single quotation marks or single inverted commas. " " are called double quotation marks or double inverted commas. Am I right? Click to expand... Yes. (I have improved your thread title.) Last edited: Aug 9, 2020
Ju said: ' ' are called single quotation marks or single inverted commas. " " are called double quotation marks or double inverted commas. Am I right? Click to expand... Yes. (I have improved your thread title.)
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Aug 9, 2020 #3 We don't use the term inverted comma in American English. Many Americans would not understand it.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Aug 9, 2020 #4 I tend to use "quotation mark(s)" rather than "inverted comma(s)". I would find the latter odd in the singular but I can't quite say why!
I tend to use "quotation mark(s)" rather than "inverted comma(s)". I would find the latter odd in the singular but I can't quite say why!
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Aug 9, 2020 #5 Some teachers call them speech marks when introducing them to children.