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== Usage ==
 
== Usage ==
The {{tl|" '}} template (or {{tl|Double single}} in long form) is for use at the beginning of a 'single-quoted' quotation that also begins a "double-quoted" quotation (or a double-quoted passage that begins with an apostrophe). Its purpose is to slightly space the double and single quotation marks apart for legibility, without actually inserting a space character. It does this with [[Cascading style sheets|CSS]], and does so because the insertion of an extranous space character of any kind would be a violation of the [[Semantic web|semantic integrity of the web content]] of the article or other page in which it appeared.
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The {{tl|" '}} template (or {{tl|Double+single}} in long form) is for use at the beginning of a 'single-quoted' quotation that also begins a "double-quoted" quotation (or a double-quoted passage that begins with an apostrophe). Its purpose is to slightly space the double and single quotation marks apart for legibility, without actually inserting a space character. It does this with [[Cascading style sheets|CSS]], and does so because the insertion of an extranous space character of any kind would be a violation of the [[Semantic web|semantic integrity of the web content]] of the article or other page in which it appeared.
  
 
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:When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version looks similar to or the same as the template version, but improperly mixes content and presentation.
 
:When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version looks similar to or the same as the template version, but improperly mixes content and presentation.
  
The equivalent template when used inside a template parameter that automatically provides double quotes (e.g. {{para|title}} in {{tl|cite web}}) is {{tl|-'}} ([[Template:Space single]]).  See also {{tl|' "}} and {{tl|'-}} for the right-hand side versions (manual and parameter, respectively).
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The equivalent template when used inside a template parameter that automatically provides double quotes (e.g. {{para|title}} in {{tl|cite web}}) is {{tl|-'}} ([[Template:Space+single]]).  See also {{tl|' "}} and {{tl|'-}} for the right-hand side versions (manual and parameter, respectively).
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 07:32, 16 July 2018

Usage

The {{" '}} template (or {{Double+single}} in long form) is for use at the beginning of a 'single-quoted' quotation that also begins a "double-quoted" quotation (or a double-quoted passage that begins with an apostrophe). Its purpose is to slightly space the double and single quotation marks apart for legibility, without actually inserting a space character. It does this with CSS, and does so because the insertion of an extranous space character 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:
Gonzales added, {{" '}}Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."
Gonzales added, "'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."
  • For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version:
Gonzales added, "'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."
Gonzales added, "'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."
  • And here is the version with a semantically incorrect non-breaking space character:
Gonzales added, " 'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."
Gonzales added, " 'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."
When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version looks similar to or the same as the template version, but improperly mixes content and presentation.

The equivalent template when used inside a template parameter that automatically provides double quotes (e.g. |title= in {{cite web}}) is {{-'}} (Template:Space+single). See also {{' "}} and {{'-}} for the right-hand side versions (manual and parameter, respectively).

See also