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See also: ʻ, ', and ‘ ’

‘ U+2018, ‘
LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
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 		General Punctuation ’ →

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • ' (informal)

Punctuation mark

‘

  1. Used as a quotation mark in some languages.
    1. ‘ ’
    2. ’ ‘
    3. ‚ ‘

See also

quotation marks and quotation dashes by language (edit)
quotation marks - all matched-pairs
quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters
  • Curved double quotation marks: “ · ” · „ · ‟
  • Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes: ‘ · ’ · ‚ · ‛
  • Straight double quotation mark: "
  • Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe: '
  • Prime quotation marks: 〝 · 〞 · 〟
  • Guillemets: « · »
  • Single guillemets: ‹ · ›
  • Corner brackets: 「 · 」 · 『 · 』
  • Quotation dashes: — (em dash) · ― (horizontal bar) · – (en dash)

Punctuation

See also

  • ʻ (Hawaiian ʻokina)

English

Symbol

‘

  1. Indicating the omission of the letters ac in the patronymic Mac-, or the letter c in the patronymic Mc-.
    • 1809, A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements there, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana‎, London, →OCLC:
      PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, BY B. M‘MILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
    • 1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. , volume III (A Legend of Montrose), Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, ; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. , →OCLC, page 274:
      So saying, she sate down at a little distance upon the bench on which Allan M‘Aulay was placed, and tuning her clairshach, a small harp, about thirty inches in height, she accompanied it with her voice.
    • 1847, John Halliday, “Meggie M‘Givelry”, in The Rustic Bard, or, A Voice from the People; Being Miscellaneous Poems and Songs, Galashiels: James Brown, , page 319:
      An’ Willie, the poet, o’ paper run scant, / Has spoilt a’ his auld minnie’s wa’s wi’ his scribblery, / Wi’ a burned stick end he has written a rant— / They’re black as the deevil wi’ Meggie M‘Givelry.

References

  • Benjamin Drew (1871) “Punctuation”, in Hints and Helps for Those Who Write, Print, or Read, Boston, Mass.: Lee and Shepard, ; New York, N.Y.: Charles T. Dillingham, page 95: “A turned comma sometimes denotes the ac in Mac; as, M‘Donough.”
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