# Quotation marks in thread titles--why omitted?

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**Created:** [August 13, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotation-marks-in-thread-titles-why-omitted/76091 "2001-08-13T19:49:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotation-marks-in-thread-titles-why-omitted/76091/1 "2001-08-13T19:49:06Z")

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I have attempted numerous times to post threads, in various forums, with a few words enclosed in quotation marks. But when the thread is posted, not only do the quotation marks not appear, whatever text I put between them is _also_ omitted. Why? Is it construed as a URL or is it just beyond the boards’ ken? 😕

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotation-marks-in-thread-titles-why-omitted/76091/2 "2001-08-13T20:28:57Z")

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It looks like when you do preview, any double-quote is removed from the subject along with everything past the first double quote. Since, subjects don’t show in preview, you probably didn’t notice.

If you want to use double-quotes in your subject, you must re-enter the double-quotes and everything past them _after_ you preview.

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotation-marks-in-thread-titles-why-omitted/76091/3 "2001-08-13T21:07:35Z")

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We’ve covered this once or twice [before.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78683)

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotation-marks-in-thread-titles-why-omitted/76091/4 "2001-08-18T21:15:53Z")

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Thanx 🙂