Template:Space+double/doc

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Usage

The {{-"}} (or {{Space+double}} in long form) template is for use at the end of a 'single-quoted' wikilink or a wikilink ending in an apostrophe or other similar punctuation or diacritic, which is immediately followed by a "double-quote" quotation mark ("), or when an italic word overlaps with a quotation mark (e.g. "italic quoted word"). 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 CSS, and does so because the insertion of an extraneous 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. For non-link spacing of this sort, see {{' "}} (or Template:Single+double).

Example (with highlighting added for clarity)

Using the template:

The song title was "[[Hustlin']]{{-"}}.

The song title was "Hustlin'".

For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version:

The song title was "[[Hustlin']]".

The song title was "Hustlin'".

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

The song title was "[[Hustlin']] ".

The song title was "Hustlin' ".

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

Using the template with an italic quote:

The essay "On Translating ''Beowulf''{{-"}}.

The essay "On Translating Beowulf"

For comparison, here is the unspaced italic version:

The essay "On Translating ''Beowulf''".

The essay "On Translating Beowulf"

{{'}} (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)

Usage

See also