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Which type of punctuation signals the reader that words have been omitted from a direct quotation?

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"example" quotation marks. Two little lines at the beginning and end of a quote to signify someone talking (fiction) or quoting someone else's words (non-fiction)
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A symbol which looks like two apostrophes or small marks that face upward is known as a quotation mark. They look like this "

Example sentence:

"Your an idiot Steve Harrington" she said.
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