I can't find anything that addresses how to quote a sentence that contains a word in double quotes. Here's the quote (also a sentence fragment). and a catchall “other” bin. Also, is it proper to use an ellipsis to precede a sentence fragment when quoting a fragment?
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2Both of these seem to be a question of style rather than language rules. – KillingTime Jun 27 '21 at 12:35
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3In my experience, a common convention is to alternate double-quotes and single quotes at each nesting level - "First level 'second level "third level" ' " – user888379 Jun 27 '21 at 12:47
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American English style: The report identified five UFO categories: airborne clutter, natural atmospheric phenomena, USG or U.S. industry developmental programs, foreign adversary systems, and “a catchall ‘other’ bin.” – Tinfoil Hat Jun 27 '21 at 17:33
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Sensibly substituting single inverted commas for double inverted commas should not present an issue except when discussing such punctuation. – Edwin Ashworth Jun 27 '21 at 18:25
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@KillingTime Style questions about how to punctuate things is very much on topic. – Mitch Jun 27 '21 at 18:29
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2Does this answer your question? What's the difference between using single and double quotation marks/inverted commas? The question on the dupe is not well-worded, but the answers go above and beyond the issues expressed here. – Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ Jun 28 '21 at 22:00