[stylist] editing question

[Donna Hill]

I think there may be instances in which both are necessary. For 
instance, if the character is thinking (in italics) and recalls 
something that was said to him/her and that passage is to be included as 
a direct quote, would you use quotes or apostrophe within the italics?

Here's a real mind-nummer. Suppose a character is talking outloud 
(obviously in standard quotes) and recalls his/her own thought which 
itself includes a direct quote from someone else. My guess is that you'd 
have quotes around the whole thing, italics for the whole thought and 
apostrophes around the recalled direct quote.
Donna

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On 1/5/2011 2:01 PM, Judith Bron wrote:
> Perhaps the apostrophe approach is outdated.  Perhaps that style 
> stopped with Dickens.  At any rate, that's how I treated thoughts or 
> one character quoting another in my book.  Judith
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