Hugh_Jeggs , 7 days ago I don't get the "Someone British is talking" bit We only use the singular ' to indicate speech within speech - John said, "I was just speaking to Charlie, and he said 'It's not often XKCD gets things wrong', and I agreed". I could be wrong but that's what I was taught
I don't get the "Someone British is talking" bit
We only use the singular ' to indicate speech within speech -
John said, "I was just speaking to Charlie, and he said 'It's not often XKCD gets things wrong', and I agreed".
I could be wrong but that's what I was taught