Template:Single+space
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Usage
This template, {{'-}} or Template:Single+space, uses the decimal code for the apostrophe or single-quote character so that it does not become interpreted with adjacent italics (''
) or bold ('''
) wiki markup, or visually confused with other quotation marks.
This template leaves trailing space after the single quotation mark/apostrophe, unlike the similar {{`}} (no spacing), {{-'}} (leading space before the single quote) and {{'}} (smaller leading space before the apostrophe). It does not insert any semantically-invalid space characters, but does all the spacing visually-only, in CSS.
This template is intended for use with double-quote-providing templates when the content quoted ends on the right-hand side with an apostrophe/single quote, whereas {{-'}} is for the left-hand side, {{'}} is intended for use with italic text, and {{`}} is for non-italic text.
- Do not use these templates in the
|title=
parameter of Citation Style 1 templates. Doing so corrupts the COinS metadata produced by the citation.
Example:
"Critical Review of 'My Two Front Teeth{{'-}}"
results in:
- "Critical Review of 'My Two Front Teeth'"
compared to:
- "Critical Review of 'My Two Front Teeth'"
produced by:
"Critical Review of 'My Two Front Teeth'"
Note the slight visual spacing difference between these two:
- Teeth'"
- Teeth'"
The equivalent template when manually placing double quotes around a single-quoted passage is {{' "}}; see also {{-'}} and {{" '}} for the left-hand side equivalents (parameter and manual, 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)
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