I am drafting in Times New Roman. I notice that I’m getting the curly apostrophe sometimes (green in the text below … it’ll come up straight in this post) and the straight apostrophe sometimes (red). It’s possibly an artifact of moving text back and forth … or is there some rule I’m ignoring in Scrivener?
“Braithwaite thought for a minute, then said, “Speaking of contingencies, have you got a plan? Are you covered?”
Ackerman scowled, “Covered? Now you’re saying it might not work?”
“No. But there are always risks. You’ve got a contingency plan, right?” Braithwaite’s tone said he was asking the obvious. “You know, a way to cover your ass … I mean personally … if things blow up. Someone to throw to the lions.”
“Well, Arty Pov does all the trades as Brian Garrity. They go into Red Sock, but it’s a hedge fund I own. The feds can’t trace Brian back, can they? You set the avatar up.”
Nick thought for a minute, pursing his lips. “If they’re lazy and look only at the electronic record they won’t catch on …”