Template:Double+single/doc

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)