{i} quotation marks, punctuation mark used to enclose a direct citation (the marks " )
quotes are often called 'inverted commas' though only the first is that; the second is an apostrophe or raised comma; 'single', "double"
Double quotes: `` '' are used in written matter to surround expressions when the writer wants to distance himself from a term, as if to say ``so-called'', i e , ``This is what some people would say, but I would not necessarily phrase it that way '' A good example from {NW} is: <<O Timothy, guard what is laid up in trust with you, turning away from the empty speeches that violate what is holy and from the contradictions of the falsely called ``knowledge ''>> (1Ti 6: 20) Some people may think of it as knowledge, but it doesn't amount to much if it is false <<Aunt Bertha anxiously awaited the visit of the ``Reverend'' Muneesuck >> He and others may regard the man as reverend,[163] and others may use the title without thinking about its meaning, but we certainly don't and won't Though easily overdone, this use of quotes is frequent among Jehovah's Witnesses, who prefer to disassociate themselves from almost everything that is a part of this world