In article <1166200279.810244.244340@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Prisoner at War" <prisoner_at_war@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Flying Tortoise wrote:
[snip]
> And what do you do to show that you're quoting a quote? Like, use
> "double" quotations marks (use them twice)?
One British convention (Oxford, IIRC) used single-quotes for the
outermost quotation, double-quotes for a quoted quotation, triple-quotes
for the next level, etc.
E.g., 'I told him, ''Never say '''Bugger!''' in polite company.'' '
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| B B aa rrr b |
| BBB a a r bbb | Quidquid latine dictum sit,
| B B a a r b b | altum viditur.
| BBB aa a r bbb |
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