The inverted commas, dashes, parentheses and capitalisation happen to be the last few items on our list of punctuation marks. (1) The inverted commas or quotation marks have four basic functions ...

The publication acknowledged that use of single inverted commas in a headline can signify it is a direct quotation (in contrast with the text of a report, where more space is available and double ...

Inverted commas help as they envelop a quotation in a crisp clasp of reassuring accuracy, or add obvious snark. Their absence, by contrast, casts a post-modern pall of uncertainty over the words.