why backtiks for a word?

[mechanical amit]

On Jul 16, 2011 7:50 PM, "zeal" <zealcook at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> We often see that `a word what you like'. But i get confused on it.
> Why is it `word' but not 'word' or what else?
It might be a  carry over from the tex/latex world. In tex/latex a backtick
` is used to open a quote a forward tick ' is used to close it. Similarly a
double backtick `` for opening double quotes and two forward ticks '' for
closing double quotes. This way tex/latex is absolutely sure that you want
opening or closing braces.

Regards
Amit
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