I cant figure out why
` and ' are different!
Sometimes I type ' and my sugggestions for Google say this: `
Please help, I am working on a story.
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This isn't about English, it's about computer character sets. ` is a backtick, and not an English punctuation mark at all. ' is an apostrophe, also used as a single opening/closing quote mark. – SamBC Feb 12 '19 at 18:54
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about computer characters rather than anything to do with the English language. – SamBC Feb 12 '19 at 18:55
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2Related questions: What is the name for these keys on a computer keyboard? and What do programmers call these punctuation marks? (Parentheses, brackets, ticks, etc.) – Jasper Feb 12 '19 at 19:19
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1Some people misguidedly use the back tick ` to open a quote and close it with ' because there isn't a fore tick. It looks horrible. – Weather Vane Feb 12 '19 at 19:29