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 ## Quotations
 
 ```forth
-`{ dup * }` \ creates a quotation
+{ dup * } \ creates a quotation
 ```
 
 A quotations is an anonymous word that contain a snippet of code and its evaluation is delayed until it's called (with `yield`).