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Definition of Single quote
1. Noun. A single quotation mark.
Definition of Single quote
1. Noun. A quotation mark, as in ''She said, 'Go ahead'''. ¹
2. Noun. An apostrophe, as in ''Let's do it''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Single Quote
Literary usage of Single quote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on Spelling by Theodore Low De Vinne (1904)
"... mind com is described in Pope's single quote Moral Essays close single thus
colon Par double and single quote Odious exclam in woollen exclam pos twould ..."
2. The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on Spelling by Theodore Low De Vinne (1902)
"... mind com is described in Pope's single quote Moral Essays close single thus
colon Par double and single quote Odious exclam in woollen exclam pos twould ..."
3. The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on Spelling by Theodore Low De Vinne (1902)
"... mind com is described in Pope's single quote Moral Essays close single thus
colon Par double and single quote Odious exclam in woollen exclam pos twould ..."
4. The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on Spelling by Theodore Low De Vinne (1902)
"... passion two ital com the most enduring of all the passions which obtain a
mastery over the mind com is described in Pope's single quote Moral Essays ..."
5. 135000 Words Spelled and Pronounced (preferred Form): Together with Valuable by John Hendricks Bechtel (1911)
"All of the single quote-marks might safely be omitted. Theodore Low De Vinne, in
The Practice o¡ Typography, says: "To read line after line bristling with ..."
6. SAS(R) 9.1.3 OLAP Server: MDX Guide, Third Edition by SAS Institute (2006)
"Note: You may encounter a syntax error when a member name containing a single
quote is used for a calculated member in an MDX query. ..."
7. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1902)
"No single quote of sensation can, by itself, amount to a consciousness of position.
Suppose no feeling but that of a single point ever to be awakened. ..."
8. Modern Punctuation: Its Utilities and Conventions by George Summey (1919)
"... follows: With the period, the usual order is period, secondary quote, primary
quote. In ordinary American practice that means period, then single quote ..."
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