Definition of "quotation mark" []

• Either of a pair of punctuation marks used primarily to mark the beginning and end of a passage attributed to another and repeated word for word, but also to indicate meanings or glosses and to indicate the unusual or dubious status of a word. They appear in the form of double quotation marks (" ”) and single quotation marks (' '). Single quotation marks are usually reserved for setting off a quotation within another quotation. (noun)

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• "Note: (Judy Boss) In line 47 I have changed "crums" to "crumbs" and in line 52 I have added the missing terminal quotation mark after "demand.""