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As JonStonecash has said, the other choices would be jarring. I know that I expect quotation marks to indicate spoken dialogue. While all are sound, the traditional quotation marks have the weigh...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T11:41:03Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Rasdashan
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2019-12-08T11:41:03Z (over 4 years ago)
[As JonStonecash has said](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/44502/the-difference-between-dialogue-marks/44507#44507), the other choices would be jarring. I know that I expect quotation marks to indicate spoken dialogue. While all are sound, the traditional quotation marks have the weight and benefit of tradition, rendering them invisible. It is your book, but if you want readers to enjoy it, allow for the possibility that the punctuation you select can disturb immersion, if only briefly. Quotation marks are so commonly used that the use of the others might make a reader pause and then go on - ah, yes, dialogue.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-04-09T14:14:07Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 2