quotation marks. they usually surround quotes or (informally) sarcastic remarks.
- "I am walking home," she said.
- She said she was walking "home," but we all know she's going to another bar.
sometimes they're used for feet and inches when writing height. 5'10" is "five foot ten" or five feet and ten inches tall.
no idea if any of this answers your question.
king-of-new_yorkβ’
Are you asking what the symbols mean? I don't understand your question.
pixel_peteβ’
Sometimes empty quotation marks are used for humor to show that the speaker is speechless from shock or anger at what was said. We expect quotes to have words inside of them, so the absence of words is funny.
*Me: "I spent all of my Christmas bonus money on a luxury spa trip... for the cat!"*
*My wife: " "*
TheCloudForestβ’
β¨ *context please* β¨β
SnooDonuts6494β’
A space?
AliceSkyβ’
Usually people ask about a word without giving the context but this is nothing with no context. We truly peaked.
Some_Stoic_Manβ’
" "\_\_\_" " Can be shorthand for ditto which means the same as above usually.
Hopeful-Ordinary22β’
In short summaries of conversations (found in jokes/memes) " " can be used to indicate that there was a space in a conversation where that person did not say any words. They might have been expected to reply or were waiting for a response themselves, or were communicating something deliberately through silence (with or without a blank/quizzical expression).
In a list, double quotation marks are used as "ditto" marks, to indicate a repetition of the word(s) or word fragment(s) directly above.
JenniferJuniper6β’
It means silence from the person expected to respond.
Lost-Sea4916β’
Do you mean when people are writing a list of some sort? Because sometimes people will write the quote marks under words on a line above, to avoid writing out the full line/sentence.
For example (in the case below, replacing "in the year 2025"):
*I want to exercise more in the year 2025.*
*I want to eat healthy β β*
*I plan to go for walks β β*
Is that what you mean?