Thread: Find straight quotes in the text
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Old 07-17-2014, 12:43 PM   #19
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Be really careful when detecting straight single quotes BEFORE words as in English there are at least two very different uses:
'em >>> Contractions, so you should substitute by a RIGHT/CLOSING curly quote.
'Start of dialogue' >>> so you should substitute by a LEFT/OPENING curly quote.
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