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I cant figure out why

` and ' are different!

Sometimes I type ' and my sugggestions for Google say this: `

Please help, I am working on a story.

J.R.
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  • This isn't about English, it's about computer character sets. ` is a backtick, and not an English punctuation mark at all. ' is an apostrophe, also used as a single opening/closing quote mark. – SamBC Feb 12 '19 at 18:54
  • I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about computer characters rather than anything to do with the English language. – SamBC Feb 12 '19 at 18:55
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    Related questions: [What is the name for these keys on a computer keyboard?](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/84624) and [What do programmers call these punctuation marks? (Parentheses, brackets, ticks, etc.)](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/108169) – Jasper Feb 12 '19 at 19:19
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    Some people misguidedly use the back tick ` to open a quote and close it with ' because there isn't a fore tick. It looks horrible. – Weather Vane Feb 12 '19 at 19:29

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