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This tag is for questions about punctuation. This encompasses marks such as the period/full stop, comma, dash, and parentheses, used to separate structural units and perform other roles that clarify the meaning. USE THE 'SYMBOLS' tag for currency symbols, accents and so forth.

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Use quotation marks after "that which is called" and similar phrases?

Putting quotes around something is called scare quotes. They are only used when: a) the term is being used in a non-standard way b) to mark off irony I assume that you are not using "bar" in an iron …
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