[Corpora-List] double inverted commas

[Geoffrey Sampson]

It is an American myth that British writing always uses single inverted
commas as basic, with double inverted commas supposedly being
distinctively American.  In Britain, double was the traditional norm and
is still usual in relatively conservative publications; single as basic
is associated with modernity and intellectuals.

Geoffrey Sampson

 
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     Prof. Geoffrey Sampson  MA PhD MBCS CITP ILTM

     author of "Love Songs of Early China"

     Department of Informatics, University of Sussex
     Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, England

     www.grsampson.net     +44 1273 678525
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