单词 | in inverted commas |
释义 | > as lemmasin inverted commas 1. Any of various printed or written symbols resembling a comma that has been turned or raised, e.g. ‘ ’ ', chiefly used to indicate direct quotation or to convey emphasis; two of these treated as one character, e.g. “ ” ". Now typically (in plural): a pair of these, e.g. ‘ ’ or “ ”, used to mark the beginning and end of a quoted passage, speech, or title, or a word or phrase that is under discussion, which is to be understood in an unusual or specialized sense, or from which the writer would like to distance himself or herself; frequently in in inverted commas. Cf. quotation mark n. at quotation n. Compounds 2, comma n. 4.Chiefly used outside North America, where quote mark(s) or quotes are more usual.The earliest inverted commas are found in printed books of the first half of the sixteenth cent. Initially, a double inverted comma, ” or “, was set (typically in the margin) at one side of each line of text containing quoted material, or a maxim or precept. Over time the opening double inverted comma “ was transferred from the beginning of the line in which the quotation began to a place before the first word of the quoted matter, and was eventually joined by an extra, closing mark ” at the end of the quotation. By the end of the 18th cent., in English printed books, the succession of inverted commas at the beginning of each line of quoted matter had been largely abandoned in favour of paired inverted commas marking its beginning and end. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > quotation marks inverted comma1677 comma1705 quotation mark1715 quote mark1885 quote1888 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. sig. *Rr3 Guillemets, the inverted Comma's in a margent, shewing that the thing said is of another Author. 1705 M. Bladen in tr. Caesar Comm. Wars Gaul 171 As much as was necessary to make a Connexion between this and the former Commentary..I have render'd into English, but mark'd with an Inverted Comma [sc. “], to distinguish it from the Text. 1739 P. Kennedy Suppl. to Kennedy's Ophthalmographia 150 The Words or Sentences betwixt inverted Comma's, “ ” are the same as in our Author. 1759 Note in G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem (New ed.) 44 This scene printed in inverted commas..was cut by the author. 1845 Southern Lit. Messenger Jan. 57/1 Those which we quote in the author's words, are marked by inverted commas. 1890 Folk-lore 1 23 To save an inordinate number of footnotes, a word is put in single inverted commas to show that it must not or need not be taken quite literally. 1954 A. S. C. Ross in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 55 120 It is non-U to place the name of a house in inverted commas (as “Fairmeads”). 1996 Independent (Nexis) 17 Aug. 7 Sometimes you lose the sense of the spoken word altogether and are pulled up short by the sudden incongruity of an inverted comma at the end of several weighty paragraphs. 2018 @Postmanton 13 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive 2018) [In response to Russian club..criticised after a “racist” tweet about its own players.] Why is racist in inverted commas? It was racist, end of. < as lemmas |
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