@cindex curved quotes
@cindex curly quotes
This function acts like @code{format}, except it also converts any
-curved single quotes in @var{string} as per the value of
-@code{text-quoting-style}, and treats grave accent (@t{`}) and
-apostrophe (@t{'}) as if they were curved single quotes.
+grave accents (@t{`}) and apostrophes (@t{'}) in @var{string} as per the
+value of @code{text-quoting-style}.
A format that quotes with grave accents and apostrophes @t{`like
this'} typically generates curved quotes @t{‘like this’}. In