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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
*[[Template:' "]] ([[Template:Single double]])
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*{{tn|' "}} ([[Template:Single double]])
*[[Template:" ']] ([[Template:Double single]])
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*{{tn|" '}} ([[Template:Double single]])
<!--*[[Template:" ' "]] ([[Template:Double single double]])-->
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*{{tn|-"}} ([[Template:Space double]])
*[[Template:-"]] ([[Template:Space double]])
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*{{tn|'}} ([[Template:Apostrophe]])
*[[Template:']] ([[Template:Apostrophe]])
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*{{tn|'-}} ([[Template:Single space]])
*[[Template:'s]]
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*{{tn|'s}}
*[[Template:!]] ([[Template:Pipe]], for escaping the "|" symbol)
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*{{tn|!}} ([[Template:Pipe]], for escaping the "|" symbol)
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*{{tl|‘}}
  
 
<includeonly>
 
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Revision as of 22:28, 12 May 2010

Usage

The {{" ' "}} (or {{Double single double}} in long form) template is for use a) at the beginning of a "double-quoted" quotation that begins a 'single-quoted' quotation that in turn begins an enclosing "double-quoted" quotation, or b) at the end of a "double-quoted" quotation that ends a 'single-quoted' quotation that in turn ends an enclosing "double-quoted" quotation. Its purpose is to slightly space the single and double quotation marks apart for legibility, without actually inserting a space character. It does this with CSS, and does so because the insertion of extraneous space characters of any kind would be a violation of the semantic integrity of the web content of the article or other page in which it appeared.

Example (with highlighting added for clarity)
  • Using the template:
Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.{{" ' "}}
Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."'"
  • For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version:
Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."'"
Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."'"
  • And here is the version with a semantically incorrect non-breaking space character:
Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."&nbsp;'&nbsp;"
Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." ' "
When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version looks similar to or the same as the template version, but improperly mixes content and presentation.

Mozilla/Firefox note

On some Mozilla-based browsers, the spacing is not perfectly even on both sides of the single-quote. There isn't anything we can do about this without making it look equally imperfect in most or all other browsers. This is a Mozilla bug, not a MediaWiki bug.

See also