[bksvol-discuss] Re: Quotations Marks and Apostrophies
- From: Laura Shannon <brighteyes324@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 14:57:31 -0400
Hi Roger,
Thanks! I knew about leaving the British spellings but I had no idea about
the difference in quotation marks. Much appreciated!
Laura
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>wrote:
> This keeps coming up. They are quotation marks. They are British style
> quotation marks. They are single quotation marks. In America the style is
> to use double quotation marks as the upper level quotation marks. If there
> is a quotation within a quotation single quotation marks are used and if
> there is a quotation within that quotation the double quotation marks are
> reverted to and this keeps alternating from one level to another . In
> Britain it is exactly the opposite with single quotation marks used as the
> upper level quotation marks and the double quotation marks used for
> internal quotations and alternating down the levels of quotations. Leave
> them. You will notice that British spelling is also used. Leave that too
> and when the book is uploaded be sure to indicate that it is in British
> English.
>
> On 9/7/2012 2:30 PM, Laura Shannon wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> Quick question. If all quotation marks (") are not these but apostrophies
> (') is it alright to leave them? Or should they all be changed to quotation
> marks?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Laura
>
>
>
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