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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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_quote#Electronic_documents
Tags: [picky]
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This is a "new test".
    Correction suggestion: “new test”
ID: EN_QUOTES [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)