Template:Double+single
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Usage
The {{Template:Double+single}} 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}} (Template:Space+single). See also {{Template:Single+double}} and {{Template:Single+space}} for the right-hand side versions (manual and parameter, respectively).
See also
- {{'}} (Template:Apostrophe) – for use with adjacent italic markup
- {{`}} – for use with adjacent bold markup
- {{'s}} – for inserting an apostrophe and "s" immediately following italic markup
- {{`s}} – for inserting an apostrophe and "s" immediately following bold markup
- {{′}} (Template:Prime)
- {{''}}
- {{' "}} (Template:Single+double)
- {{" '}} (Template:Double+single)
- {{' '}} (Template:Single+single)
- {{" ' "}} (Template:Double+single+double)
- {{' " '}} (Template:Single+double+single)
- {{-"}} (Template:Space+double)
- {{"-}} (Template:Double+space)
- {{-'}} (Template:Space+single)
- {{'-}} (Template:Single+space)
- {{--)}} (Template:Space+parenthesis) (it's
--)because)and-)were already used by other templates) - {{(-}} (Template:Parenthesis+space) (using
(--also works, for consistency with the one above)