[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quotation \quota"tion\ kw-ot=a"shu^n, n. from
   quote.
   1. the act of quoting or citing.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing
      named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
      --locke.
      1913 webster

   3. com. the naming or publishing of the current price of
      stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named.

   4. quota; share. obs.
      1913 webster

   5. print. a piece of hollow type metal, lower than type,
      and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth,
      used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of
      chapters, etc.
      1913 webster

   quotation marks print., two inverted commas placed at the
      beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage
      quoted from an author in his own words.
      1913 webster
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quote quotation marks 

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Gallery of ''Misused'' Quotation Marks
...Just about the only saving grace of the onslaught of spam is the frequent misuse of quotation marks.....Somehow I doubt that this serial misuse of quotation marks by well-meaning older relatives will be.....I don't see what the connection is between the misused quotation marks around the word..
http://www.juvalamu.com/qmarks/, score=100, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 5:37 am

Quotation Marks
...Resort to apologetic quotation marks or quotation marks used to express irony only after such attempts have.....In newspapers, single quotation marks are used in headlines where double quotation marks would.....The placement of marks other than periods and commas follows the logic that quotation marks should..
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm, score=70, date indexed=February 11, 2005, 12:49 am

ASCII and Unicode quotation marks
...If you can use Unicode characters, nice directional quotation marks are available in the form of.....Bruno Haible explains how to output nice Unicode quotation marks in a portable way using GNU gettext.....It also provides a straight single quotation mark, grave accent, and acute accent on code..
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/quotes.html, score=43, date indexed=August 27, 2004, 7:10 am

ASU Writing Center - Online Handouts - Quotation Marks
...Always place commas and periods inside the quotation marks, except when the quotation marks identify single words being discussed as.....Place semicolons outside quotation marks. Exclamation points and question marks go inside quotation.....Use quotation marks to enclose parts of works and the titles of short works. Italicize books, plays..
http://www.asu.edu/duas/wcenter/quotation.html, score=38, date indexed=February 21, 2005, 12:51 am

Quotation Marks
...Use quotation marks at the beginning and end of the exact words of another speaker or.....question marks and exclamation points go inside the end quotation mark, when they are part.....Use quotation marks to emphasize words. The interior decorator called the color..
http://www.esc.edu/ESConline/Across_ESC/WritersComplex.nsf/3a61b0fa73fb9d7f8525671d0049f39d/c228e09c050a31e5852569c300730791?OpenDocument, score=33, date indexed=July 22, 2005, 8:37 pm

Quotation Marks Contents
...Paired single quotation marks are sometimes used as well. Quotation Marks in Direct.....Quotation Marks .. Quotation marks normally come in pairs to set off a portion of text for a variety of.....Question Marks and Exclamation Points in Quotations .. Other Punctuation Marks with..
http://www.englishplus.com/grammar/00000102.htm, score=33, date indexed=March 28, 2005, 11:49 am

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