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Quotation Marks Quotes

Avoid overuse of 'quotation “marks.”'

William Safire, Leonard Safir (1990). “Words of Wisdom”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

Next to the semi-colon, quotation marks seem to be the chief butts of reformatory ardor.

H.L. Mencken (2012). “American Language Supplement 2”, p.593, Knopf

Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it.

Eric Partridge (2003). “You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies”, p.125, Routledge