I thought that double-quotes in prose were reserved for speech, and
 single quotes were used to offset, that way you could have something
 spoken and offset in the same paragraph without confusion.

  I could be wrong, however.

It could be either way, I suppose. I think it's a matter of personal style.
There's probably a "correct" way of doing it written in some English textbook
somewhere, but saying "hands" or 'hands' works either way.

The Chicago Manual of Style actually suggests using double quotes, but many
writers prefer single quotes in this case. There's not a "wrong" or 'right' way
to do it, but being inconsistent (like me) is a no-no.

Peter

	     .---Anime/Manga Fanfiction Mailing List----.
             | Administrators - ffml-admins@anifics.com |
             | Unsubscribing - ffml-request@anifics.com |
             |     Put 'unsubscribe' in the subject     |
             `---- http://ffml.anifics.com/faq.txt -----'