Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An errant set of quote marks can completely change a sentence’s meaning. For instance, a Post-It that reads “I’m ‘sorry’ for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To manually insert smart quotes, the keyboard must have a numeric keypad, and you must activate the Num Lock key. To use the ...

I don’t remember when I first learned about single quotation marks, but I have a vague memory of assuming they were as useful as quotation marks, or close to it. Sometimes you quote someone. Sometimes ...

An errant set of quote marks can completely change a sentence’s meaning. For instance, a Post-It that reads “I’m ‘sorry’ for eating your leftovers!” from your roommate suggests your roommate isn’t ...

An errant set of quote marks can completely change a sentence's meaning. For instance, a Post-It that reads "I'm 'sorry' for eating your leftovers!" from your roommate suggests your roommate isn't ...