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 # Escaping A Quote In A String
 
 In PostgreSQL, string (`varchar` and `text`) literals are declared with
-single quotes (`'`). That means that any string containing a single quote as
-part of the content of the string will need some escaping. The way to escape
-a single quote is with another single quote.
+single quotes (`'`). That means that any string containing a single quote
+will need some escaping. The way to escape a single quote is with another
+single quote.
 
 ```sql
 > select 'what''s up!';