The en dash is usually used to show a connection between two things, as well as a range of numbers, years, pages, etc. For example: London–Paris flight takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Most of the time with smart quotes, the quotation marks will face the right direction. But sometimes, as when ending a sentence with a long dash or em dash (—), the quotes will be facing the ...

One rule covers this: Use single quotation marks instead of the standard double quotations within another quoted phrase. This holds true for direct quotes, titles, and scare quotes appearing in ...

In American English, the period or comma always falls inside the closing quotation mark, writes June Casagrande, ... A Word, Please: Should you use one, and where does it go?

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE! Quotation marks are often misused, ‘amusingly’ December 23, 2019 at 1:36 a.m. by BERNADETTE KINLAW, SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE ...

What reporters put between quotation marks isn't simply a quotation. It's a choice about what they believe the person said -- or should have said. Post staff members disagree among themselves and ...