French Quotes

In typography, an early type of quotes which originated in France (« ») and were placed in the center of the type body so that the same character could be used for either the open or closed position. English printers refused to use the French form and used an inverted comma for the open position and the apostrophe (') for the closed. See Quotes. Also called chevrons and guillemets.

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