Anker has recalled its PowerCore 10000 power bank (model A1263) due to the risk of fire and burns.
  • hydroptic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    18 days ago

    You should stop using the PowerCore 10000 ‘immediately’

    Engadget “journalists” don’t know how to use quotes

    Edit: it’s probably I who doesn’t know how to use quotes

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      18 days ago

      Could be following British convention.

      https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/british-versus-american-style.html

      American style uses double quotes (“) for initial quotations, then single quotes (‘) for quotations within the initial quotation.

      British style uses single quotes (‘) for initial quotations, then double quotes (“) for quotations within the initial quotation.

      EDIT: Though if so, he’s not doing so later in the article.

      • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        17 days ago

        TIL

        American style “Economic systems,” according to Professor White, “are an inevitable byproduct of civilization, and are, as John Doe said, ‘with us whether we want them or not.’”

        British style uses single quotes (‘) for initial quotations, then double quotes (“) for quotations within the initial quotation.

        British style ‘Economic systems’, according to Professor White, ‘are an inevitable byproduct of civilization, and are, as John Doe said, “with us whether we want them or not”’.

        British style looks better and more functional