Template:Space+single
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Usage
changeThis template, {{-'}} or Template:Space+single, 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 leading space before the single quotation mark/apostrophe, unlike the similar {{`}} (no spacing), {{'-}} (trailing space after 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 starts on the left-hand side with an apostrophe/single quote, whereas {{'-}} is for the right-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:
"{{-'}}My Two Front Teeth': A Critical Review"
results in:
- "'My Two Front Teeth': A Critical Review"
compared to:
- "'My Two Front Teeth': A Critical Review"
produced by:
"'My Two Front Teeth': A Critical Review"
Note the slight visual spacing difference between these two:
- "'My
- "'My
The equivalent template when manually placing double quotes around a single-quoted passage is {{" '}}; see also {{'-}} and {{' "}} for the right-hand side equivalents (parameter and manual, respectively).
See also
change- {{'}} (Template:Apostrophe)
- {{'s}}
- {{′}} (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)