In the same way, it seems like people avoid using quotation marks correctly. And, rightfully so: these punctuation marks look like a pair of commas who have pumped themselves full of helium.

In the same way, it seems like people avoid using quotation marks correctly. And, rightfully so: these punctuation marks look like a pair of commas who have pumped themselves full of helium.

The author has no desire to use an airplane seat cushion as a flotation device, but he has no qualms about properly using quotation marks.

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I love finding examples of random quotation marks in sentences. I've written about this amusing practice before, but I was determined to find fresh examples after a reader asked about them recently.

They’re not. Except within other quotations, single quotation marks are always wrong. Don’t use a comma to separate items joined by a conjunction unless those items are complete clauses.

I've gotten a lot of emails recently about where to put periods and commas relative to quotation marks.

For the record, I didn’t say this, but I have a friend (let’s call him “Byron”) who thinks the moon landings are a hoax. Byron uses ironic and sarcastic quotation marks all the time when referring to ...