speech marks
noun/ˈspiːtʃ mɑːks/
/ˈspiːtʃ mɑːrks/
(also quotation marks)
(British English also inverted commas)
[plural]- a pair of marks (‘ ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual way
- The author's punctuation goes outside the speech marks.
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speech marks