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Originally Posted by Sunspark
Hi, I'm confused by something. I looked at the Narcissus and the speech quotes are single ' quotes rather than double ".
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From what I've seen, British English uses single quotes whereas American English uses double quotes.
The exception is with nested quotes (quotes inside of quotes) where British and American usage is reversed.
American -
Daffy said, "It's not: 'He doesn't have to shoot you now.' It's: 'He doesn't have to shoot me now.' Well, I say he does have to shoot me now!"
British -
Daffy said, 'It's not: "He doesn't have to shoot you now." It's: "He doesn't have to shoot me now." Well, I say he does have to shoot me now'!