Template:Double single/doc

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."


 * For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version:




 * 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."


 * 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).