Quotation mark

Also called double quote or straight quote.

How to type it

Right pinky with Shift. Introduced in Lesson 23: Punctuation: ' " -.

Common uses

• Quotation marks surround spoken words or text taken directly from another source.
• They also set off titles of short works, such as articles and songs, and words used in a special sense.

Less common uses

• In code, double quotes usually enclose a string of text, as in "hello".
• The straight " can also stand for inches, as in a 6" ruler.
• In old lists, a " beneath a line meant ditto, repeating the item above.