# Has "the quote bug" been fixed?  'Single quotes'?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-quote-bug-been-fixed-single-quotes/100174>\
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**Created:** [March 26, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-quote-bug-been-fixed-single-quotes/100174 "2002-03-26T13:46:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-quote-bug-been-fixed-single-quotes/100174/1 "2002-03-26T13:46:00Z")

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Well, this is really a test

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-quote-bug-been-fixed-single-quotes/100174/2 "2002-03-27T19:31:52Z")

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I don’t think a new thread subject can end in a quote, however.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-quote-bug-been-fixed-single-quotes/100174/3 "2002-03-27T23:34:17Z")

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Speaking of quotes, why can’t a nestled quote within a quote be quoted? Or is there something I’m not doing right.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-quote-bug-been-fixed-single-quotes/100174/4 "2002-03-28T01:27:45Z")

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Biggirl - you must be referring to the issue mentioned in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103750).

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-quote-bug-been-fixed-single-quotes/100174/5 "2002-03-28T03:54:30Z")

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Thanks for the link Mr. Winkelried, sir!

I would have searched, honest! But it was peak time and I didn’t want to kill the hampster. Really. It’s not like I was being lazy or anything like that. I was thinking of the greater good. Yeah, that’s it. The greater good.