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AMA Manual of Style (10th edition ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Apologetic Quotation Marks

Chapter:
Punctuation
Author(s):

Cheryl Iverson

8.6.8 Apologetic Quotation Marks

Quotation marks are sometimes used around words for special effect or to indicate irony. In most instances, however, they are unnecessary.

Using their own finances and being informed about the economics of the approach, some may opt for the “boutique class” of health care.