Quote marks vs apostrophe on MacBook Air

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Quote marks vs apostrophe on MacBook Air

I'm studying and the 'robot' that marks our answers keeps telling me mine are wrong because there's a difference between apostrophes and single quote marks, but I don't know how to get the latter.

[‘single-quote marks’] - copied and pasted from my university correct examples. <- how do I get these??

['apostrophes'] - found in-between colon/semi-colon and return button on keyboard

[`whatever this mark is`] - found next to the 1 key

Thanks community!

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

Posted on May 9, 2024 4:30 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

116,160 points

May 9, 2024 9:09 PM in response to kara_2626

kara_2626 wrote:

the 'robot' that marks our answers keeps telling me mine are wrong because there's a difference between apostrophes and single quote marks, but I don't know how to get the latter.

If you have "smart punctuation" turned on, apps will turn your straight apostrophe into a curly single quote. So turn that off if you need the straight version for your robot.

Replace text and punctuation in documents on Mac - Apple Support

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Answer 2

6x6

Level 6

11,660 points

May 9, 2024 4:53 PM in response to kara_2626

Type Option+] for the left (open) and Shift+Option+] for the right (closed) single quote mark or apostrophe, respectively.

Source: How to Type Curly Quotes and Curly Apostrophes.

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