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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.
Gonzales added, {{" '}}Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."
Gonzales added, "'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."
Gonzales added, " 'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."
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).
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