Eksempler på inverted commas

• Printed rubrics from the libretto are in italics; sung text is in inverted commas.

• Inverted commas around taxonomic names imply that taxonomic attribution at this level is questionable.

• When a word or phrase is placed in inverted commas, it allows us a provisional use of it.

• It is iterative and has the appearance of slang, and is commonly put in inverted commas.

• Inverted commas make a word inclusive beyond its initial meaning.

• These rules are sometimes arbitrary and irrelevant to the sense; for example, that commas and periods come inside inverted commas, and colons and semi-colons outside.

• I use inverted commas to signal that this seemingly innocent term has to cover so much that containing it is as difficult as defining it.

• The inverted commas around belongs suggest perhaps that standard notions of constituency do not apply here.