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Why would MLA violate standard typesetting rules? In American English, quoted material nested inside double quotes uses single quotes. (In British English it's the reverse: single quotes on the out...
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2019-12-13T12:00:43Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T06:05:33Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
Why would MLA violate standard typesetting rules? In American English, quoted material nested inside double quotes uses single quotes. (In British English it's the reverse: single quotes on the outside, double on the inside.) > In Carolyn Gregoire’s article “What Your 'Life Story' Really Says About You,” she points out that “studies have found that 'realistic optimists'...may be happier and more successful that strict optimists or pessimists.” In both cases (please note the nested single quotes in the article name), the single quotes are understood to be material which was in double quotes in the original.
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2017-02-10T19:23:53Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 2