Comma ( , )
The point which marks the smallest grammatical division, and in reading represents the shortest pause. Two inverted commas are used to denote extracts or quotations from other works, dialogue matter, &c. They are placed at the commencement of the passage quoted, a thin space dividing them from the first letter; the end of the extract is denoted by two apostrophes. A single inverted comma is used as an abbreviation of the word Mac, as in M‘Arthur.
Inverted commas were first used by Guillemet, a Frenchman, to supersede the use of Italic letter. As an acknowledgement, his countrymen call them after his name.
Comma ( , )
The point which marks the smallest grammatical division, and in reading represents the shortest pause. Two inverted commas are used to denote extracts or quotations from other works, dialogue matter, &c. They are placed at the commencement of the passage quoted, a thin space dividing them from the first letter; the end of the extract is denoted by two apostrophes. A single inverted comma is used as an abbreviation of the word Mac, as in M‘Arthur.
Inverted commas were first used by Guillemet, a Frenchman, to supersede the use of Italic letter. As an acknowledgement, his countrymen call them after his name.—See Puncatuation.