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Rule "Smart quotes (“”)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Smart quotes (“”)
Message: Consider using typographic quotation marks here.
Category: Typography (ID: TYPOGRAPHY)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/punctuation-guide/#what-are-quotation-marks
Tags: [picky]
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This is a "test".
    Correction suggestion: “test”
  • My favorite letter of the alphabet is "X".
    Correction suggestion: “X”
ID: EN_QUOTES [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-09 22:33:08 +0100)