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Old 03-10-2011, 05:12 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
There seems to be more division between double quotes and single quotes, though.
I've just checked a dozen of my British-published books, and they all use a single quote for speech, unlike the US-published ones, which use double quotes. Based on that admittedly small sample, I'd say it's pretty consistent that single quotes are still the norm in the UK.
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