single quote
Lone punctuation mark
A single quote is the punctuation mark (') used for quotations within quotations, to mark words as words, or in some styles as the primary quotation mark.
In computing, single quotes delimit strings or characters in many programming languages: print('hello').
The term also refers to just one of a pair: You're missing the closing single quote.
Mark showing ownership
- inverted commasPunctuation enclosing quotations
- primeReadying for action
- glyphVisual form of character
- typographyArranging letters for display
typeset · markup · bracket · parenthesis · comma · print · typographical
Mark showing ownership
- isn'tContraction negating existence
- don'tContraction forbidding action
- can'tLacking the ability
- won'tContraction showing refusal
you're · they're · we're · I'm · you'll · they'll · we'll · I'll
Portion taken from larger work
- passageSegment of text
- verbatimIn identical wording
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- citationMention of a source
paraphrase · snippet · extract · epigraph · reference · testimony · direct speech · indirect speech
Labeled with skepticism
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- distancingCreating space or separation
highlight · underscore · stress · accentuate · mark · notation · distinguish · clarify
apostrophe
Mark showing ownership
- inverted commasPunctuation enclosing quotations
- primeReadying for action
- glyphVisual form of character
typography · typeset · markup · bracket · parenthesis · comma · print · typographical
apostrophe
Mark showing ownership
won't · you're · they're · we're · I'm · you'll · they'll · we'll · I'll · you'd
excerpt
Portion taken from larger work
- passageSegment of text
- verbatimIn identical wording
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
citation · paraphrase · snippet · extract · epigraph · reference · testimony · direct speech · indirect speech · misquote
so-called
Labeled with skepticism
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
distancing · highlight · underscore · stress · accentuate · mark · notation · distinguish · clarify · dubious
- punctuationperiod, comma, colon, apostrophe, semicolon
- code symbolsampersand, asterisk, at sign, backslash, backtick
- escape sequencesescape sequence, escape character, backslash, newline, tab
single quotedouble quote
Paired marks around quotations
double quotes · quotation marks · speech marks · curly quotes · inverted commas
single, quote, singly, singles, singled, singling, singleton, singular, singularity