Template:Double single/doc
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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)
