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Old 09-20-2010, 04:23 AM   #106
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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy View Post
One thing that really does throw me off, however, is the single quotes for speaking. I have greater difficulty looking past that. I much prefer double quotes.
This isn't strictly a British thing, but just some British publishers. I have many books by British authors published by British publishers that use double quotes for direct speech.

E.g. English Farming and Why I Turned It Up by Ernest Bramah. Published in London in 1894. Double quotes throughout.

I much prefer double quotes for speech myself.
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