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This post is on the verge of starting an edit war over backtick usage. Josh Caswell says:

Backticks are for inline code elementsinline code elements (also see the generated HTML); please do not use them for highlighting or quote markup.

But the post's author says:

@JoshCaswell They are also often used for quotations inline where it is not possible to add quotes. I have rolled back the edit and do not wish for an edit war- please do not touch my answers again.

Is the post's author's usage of backticks for quotation acceptable, or should they be edited out?

This post is on the verge of starting an edit war over backtick usage. Josh Caswell says:

Backticks are for inline code elements (also see the generated HTML); please do not use them for highlighting or quote markup.

But the post's author says:

@JoshCaswell They are also often used for quotations inline where it is not possible to add quotes. I have rolled back the edit and do not wish for an edit war- please do not touch my answers again.

Is the post's author's usage of backticks for quotation acceptable, or should they be edited out?

This post is on the verge of starting an edit war over backtick usage. Josh Caswell says:

Backticks are for inline code elements (also see the generated HTML); please do not use them for highlighting or quote markup.

But the post's author says:

@JoshCaswell They are also often used for quotations inline where it is not possible to add quotes. I have rolled back the edit and do not wish for an edit war- please do not touch my answers again.

Is the post's author's usage of backticks for quotation acceptable, or should they be edited out?

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This postThis post is on the verge of starting an edit war over backtick usage. Josh Caswell says:

Backticks are for inline code elements (also see the generated HTML); please do not use them for highlighting or quote markup.

But the post's author says:

@JoshCaswell They are also often used for quotations inline where it is not possible to add quotes. I have rolled back the edit and do not wish for an edit war- please do not touch my answers again.

Is the post's author's usage of backticks for quotation acceptable, or should they be edited out?

This post is on the verge of starting an edit war over backtick usage. Josh Caswell says:

Backticks are for inline code elements (also see the generated HTML); please do not use them for highlighting or quote markup.

But the post's author says:

@JoshCaswell They are also often used for quotations inline where it is not possible to add quotes. I have rolled back the edit and do not wish for an edit war- please do not touch my answers again.

Is the post's author's usage of backticks for quotation acceptable, or should they be edited out?

This post is on the verge of starting an edit war over backtick usage. Josh Caswell says:

Backticks are for inline code elements (also see the generated HTML); please do not use them for highlighting or quote markup.

But the post's author says:

@JoshCaswell They are also often used for quotations inline where it is not possible to add quotes. I have rolled back the edit and do not wish for an edit war- please do not touch my answers again.

Is the post's author's usage of backticks for quotation acceptable, or should they be edited out?

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Is using backticks for inline quotes acceptable?

This post is on the verge of starting an edit war over backtick usage. Josh Caswell says:

Backticks are for inline code elements (also see the generated HTML); please do not use them for highlighting or quote markup.

But the post's author says:

@JoshCaswell They are also often used for quotations inline where it is not possible to add quotes. I have rolled back the edit and do not wish for an edit war- please do not touch my answers again.

Is the post's author's usage of backticks for quotation acceptable, or should they be edited out?