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Latest post Wed, Feb 2 2005 11:15 PM by MeTo. 1 replies.
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MeTo  +  71781 Wed, 02 Feb 05 11:15 PM
Is it needed to use the quotations marks only in the upper position, like "something" ? Is it any rule ? Or is it possible to use them at begin of quotation also in the lower position ? „something" ? In the language which I use, in the official form, there it is even needed.... So I would like to ask, if it is allowed in English to use „ at begin of quotations, or not.... thank you for any answer...
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MrPedantic  +  71786 Wed, 02 Feb 05 11:54 PM
Hello MeTo, welcome to English Forums!

Unfortunately, we can only use 'upper' quotation marks in English.

The 'lower' quotation marks aren't used, except sometimes in quotations from German texts, etc.

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