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What is the difference between Inverted commas, quotation marks,speech marks, quotes and scare quotes?

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Question added by Khaled Belgacem , Teacher of English , Pioneer High School Gafsa
Date Posted: 2015/06/16

 Quotation marks is called alse inverted commas used to mark the beginning and end of title or quoted passage or to indicate that a word or phrases is regarded as slang or jargon or is being discussed rather than used within the sentence .

Speech marks is used to mark the beginning and the end of direct speech 

Scare quotes used to draw attention to an anusual , ironic , or arguably inaccurate 

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