Hello all. I have, throughout my novel used " for speech marks. All the books I have read, I have only just noticed (like you do after how many years?) that all speech is ' and not " which are used for quotation marks. Now my question is... how can I change them all without having to change every single one manually, is there a way a way I can change them all. I'm using office word 365. For those who answered my question on renewing office 365 I couldn't take the chance of losing all my work so I gave in and paid up.
Regards Paul
Why change them? They're grammatically correct and the fact is not everyone uses single quotation marks for speech and doubles for quotes - I was always taught that was actually incorrect.
Publishers use singles and doubles depending on their individual preferences. Since I suggest they're hardly likely to refuse anything they consider will make them money simply because they don't want to change the version you've used, let them have the hassle.
just noticed I have repeated "a way" just a mistake I haven't developed a stutter. Paul