Please check your report for smart quotes and smart apostrophes.
When you copy and paste text from a blog, you probably get the 'dumb' version (top in red). Your quotation marks and apostrophes should look like the ones at the bottom (in green). Please check your paper and be sure you have smart quotes and smart apostrophes every time. It's trouble to check one by one, but please do it.
You may be able to use the 'find and replace' function, though some people may have trouble doing this. But you should try, as it can be much faster. Notice that the left smart quotes always have a space before them (but not after), while the smart quotes on the right always have a space after (but never before). You can find and replace a space plus the mark!
How to use the "Find/Replace" function in Google Docs:
1) Open your report and click Ctrl H.
2) In the Find box, type the word or punctuation (such as dumb quotes) you want to replace.
3) In the Replace With box, type the version you want to have in your final report.
4) Click on Replace All.
All instances will be replaced at once.
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