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== Usage ==
The {{tl|" ' "}} (or {{tl|Double+single+double}} in long form) template is for use a) at the beginning of a "double-quoted" quotation that begins a 'single-quoted' quotation that in turn begins an enclosing "double-quoted" quotation, or b) at the end of a "double-quoted" quotation that ends a 'single-quoted' quotation that in turn ends an enclosing "double-quoted" quotation.  Its purpose is to slightly space the single and double quotation marks apart for legibility, without actually inserting a space character. It does this with [[Cascading style sheets|CSS]], and does so because the insertion of extraneous space characters of any kind would be a violation of the [[Semantic web|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:

:<code>Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.<span style="color:fuchsia;"><strong><nowiki>{{" ' "}}</nowiki></strong></span></code>

:Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.{{
" ' "}}

*For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version:

:<code>Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.<span style="color:fuchsia;"><strong>"'"</strong></span></code>

:Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."'"

*And here is the version with a semantically incorrect non-breaking space character:

:<code>Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.<span style="color:fuchsia;"><strong>"&amp;nbsp;'&amp;nbsp;"</strong></span></code>

:Kwan was quoted as saying, "She disputed his statement that 'Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."&nbsp;'&nbsp;"

:When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version looks similar to or the same as the template version, but improperly mixes content and presentation.

==Mozilla/Firefox note==
On some Mozilla-based browsers, the spacing is not perfectly even on both sides of the single-quote. There isn't anything we can do about this without making it look equally imperfect in most or all other browsers. This is a Mozilla bug, not a MediaWiki bug.

== See also ==
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