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inverted commas

inverted commas is the plural of inverted comma.

Meaning of inverted comma

Noun

inverted comma (plural inverted commas)

  1. (Commonwealth, plural-normally) A type of paired quotation mark: ‘ or “ (beginning the quoted material) and ’ or ” (ending it).
    • The paſſage quoted in the text is at the latter part of the following letter, and is put between inverted commas.1789, Frederick II, King of Prussia, Correspondence. Letters between Frederic II. and M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft. 1789: Vol 8
    Synonyms:
    quotation mark

Questions about inverted commas

What is inverted commas the plural of?
Inverted commas is the plural of inverted comma.

Words near inverted commas in the dictionary

  1. inverted caret
  2. inverted carets
  3. inverted circumflex
  4. inverted circumflexes
  5. inverted comma
  6. inverted commas
  7. inverted exclamation mark
  8. inverted exclamation marks
  9. inverted exclamation point
  10. inverted exclamation points
  11. inverted hat

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