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Single quotes are the punctuation marks ' ' used to enclose text.
In American English, they typically mark quotations within quotations: She said, "He told me 'I'm leaving' and walked out".
British English reverses this convention, using single quotes as the primary quotation marks.
In programming, single quotes often delimit strings or characters, with behavior varying by language.
- escape characterSymbol neutralizing special syntax
- code snippetSmall programming text excerpt
- apostrophesPunctuation for possession
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
- inverted commasPunctuation enclosing quotations
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