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    Quote Originally Posted by Taz_Zoee View Post
    I understand about the directions of the quotation marks when writing, and that's how I do it. But on my keyboard there is only one " straight up and down.

    I have another question about quotation marks. I always use ". When (or would you ever) use ' as quotation marks??
    You would use ' when quoting someone who was quoting someone else. For example:

    Billy said "That guy was really angry and he yelled 'Get out!' then he ran down the street."
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