Template:Double single

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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

• {{'}} (Template:Apostrophe)
• {{′}} (Template:Prime)
• {{' "}} (Template:Single double)
• {{" '}} (Template:Double single)
• {{" ' "}} (Template:Double single double)
• {{' " '}} (Template:Single double single)
• {{-"}} (Template:Space double)
• {{"-}} (Template:Double space)
• {{-'}} (Template:Space single)
• {{'-}} (Template:Single space)
• {{-)}} (Template:Space parenthesis)
• {{(-}} (Template:Parenthesis space)
• {{!}} (Template:Pipe, for escaping the "|" symbol)