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Quotations within Quotations

20 January, 2015 - 16:09

Use single quotation marks (‘ ’) to show a quotation within in a quotation.

Theresa said, “I wanted to take my dog to the festival, but the man at the gate said, ‘No dogs allowed.’”
“When you say, ‘I can’t help it,’ what exactly does that mean?”
The instructions say, Tighten the screws one at a time.’”