![]() ![]() So fix the quotes first, then the apostrophes. One caveat: if you’ve corrected any apostrophes that appear at the start of a word ( Patent ’211, ’70s rock), this tip will goof them up again. The trouble with being a former typesetter is that every day online is a new. ![]() ( Mario Anzuoni / Reuters) December 28, 2016. When you paste or import text with straight quotes in it -for instance, a deposition transcript or email- your word processor may not always convert the straight quotes properly. Tom Hanks uses air quotes at an awards ceremony in 2007. So why do I keep seeing straight quotes in legal documents? That’s why straight quotes are one of the most grievous and inept typographic errors. Smart-quote substitution has been built into word processors for 20 years. ![]() WordPerfect Tools → QuickCorrect → SmartQuotes → check or uncheck Use double quotation marks as you type and Use single quotation marks as you type Mac OS Word Word → Preferences → AutoCorrect → AutoFormat As You Type → check or uncheck "Straight Quotation Marks" with “Smart Quotation Marks” Word File → Options → Proofing → AutoCorrect Options → AutoFormat As You Type → check or uncheck "Straight Quotes" with “Smart Quotes” In general, short fiction tends to require straight quotes (particularly when submitted in the body of an email, or pasted into a web form) and. Some manuscript guidelines require straight quotes, some ask for curly quotes throughout. Anything else is a personal style preference. Smart quotes are typically turned on by default. Check the manuscript guidelines of where you're submitting. "įortunately, avoiding straight quotes is easy: use your word processor’s smart-quote feature, which will substitute curly quotes automatically. Therefore, straight quotes should never, ever appear in your documents. Compared to straight quotes, curly quotes are more legible on the page and match the other characters better. Word processors are not limited in this way. By replacing the curly opening and closing quotes with ambidextrous straight quotes, two slots became available for other characters. But typewriter character sets were limited by mechanical constraints and physical space. In traditional printing, all quotation marks were curly. On Windows, hold down the alt key and type the four-digit character code on your numeric keypad (num lock must be activated). There are four curly quote characters: the opening single quote ( ‘), the closing single quote ( ’), the opening double quote ( “), and the closing double quote ( ”). Straight quotes are the two generic vertical quotation marks located near the return key: the straight single quote ( ') and the straight double quote ( ").Ĭurly quotes are the quotation marks used in good typography. Straight and curly quotes Always use curly quotes ![]()
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