Inverted commas make it clear when someone is speaking by sitting high up above the speech. Making sure they stay either side of what's being said, they open at the start and close at the end of the ...

SOME British readers might wonder why a London-based publication uses double inverted commas like "these". And some American readers may wonder why commas and full stops (er, periods) sometimes appear ...

They are inaudible and unpronounceable. They do not exist in spoken English—they are at best a pause rather than a presence: no one (with apologies to those listening to this article in our audio ...