˜yĐÄvlog

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inverted comma

noun

British.


inverted comma

noun

  1. another term for quotation mark
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of inverted comma1

First recorded in 1780–90
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Example Sentences

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She even used inverted commas to address him as president.

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"We have, in inverted commas, 'a bad attitude', but that attitude has allowed us to carve out a niche for ourselves."

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She frowns at me, and when I tell her that no-one in the world of online dating uses inverted commas correctly, she takes me to a bar.

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As a kind of protest, he adds inverted commas whenever he uses the term “content creation”.“How an athlete makes a living, it has changed a lot,” he says.

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“I put inverted commas around those titles because I sincerely hope they won’t exist much longer.”

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