I'd be interested to see a counter example where a standalone backtick is part of normal non-computing related text. I really don't find your comment helpful. The strings where I see single and double quotes being used most frequently is with normal, yes, English text. The backtick is useful there, and that's all I wanted to say. French doesn't really have the same issue, since guillemets (« and ») are often used in place of double quotes, for example.

According to this Stack Exchange answer[0], the backtick is strictly for use in computing. I understand that it represents the grave accent, but that isn't of concern as a string delimiter, because once it is applied to a letter, for example è, it has its own unique representation.

0: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/249406/are-backt...

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