We receive lots of grammar and punctuation questions from customers and visitors to our site. This week, I thought I'd post a question we received about quotations along with Phil Jamieson's answer. In coming weeks, I'll post some of the other questions we've received along with their answers.
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Question: Straight or Curved Quotes?
Posted by Conni Eversull Sep 14, 2010, 5:30:00 AM
Topics: quotations, business writing, punctuation, grammar
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