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== Quotation marks and apostrophes ==
== Quotation marks and apostrophes ==
{{w|wp:Manual of Style#Quotation marks|As on Wikipedia}}, please use {{preferred|<big>"</big>straight<big>"</big>}} quotes and {{preferred|<big>'</big>straight<big>'</big>}} apostrophes, instead of {{avoid|<big>&ldquo;</big>curly<big>&rdquo;</big>}} quotes or {{avoid|<big>&lsquo;</big>curly<big>&rsquo;</big>}} apostrophes. Avoid using {{avoid|<big>`</big>accent or backtick marks<big>´</big>}}, {{avoid|<big>&bdquo;</big>low-high quotes<big>&ldquo;</big>}}, {{avoid|<big>「</big>corner brackets<big>」</big>}}, or {{avoid|<big>«</big>guillemets<big>»</big>}} as quotation marks for English text, except in special cases and when such marks are internal to non-English text, and avoid using accents or backticks as apostrophes. (Straight quotes are much easier to type on most keyboards and produce far fewer encoding problems.)
{{w|wp:Manual of Style#Quotation marks|As on Wikipedia}}, please use {{preferred|<big>"</big>straight<big>"</big>}} quotes and {{preferred|<big>'</big>straight<big>'</big>}} apostrophes, instead of {{avoid|<big>&ldquo;</big>curly<big>&rdquo;</big>}} quotes or {{avoid|<big>&lsquo;</big>curly<big>&rsquo;</big>}} apostrophes. Avoid using {{avoid|<big>`</big>accent marks<big>´</big>}} (including backticks), {{avoid|<big>&bdquo;</big>low-high quotes<big>&ldquo;</big>}}, {{avoid|<big>「</big>corner brackets<big>」</big>}}, or {{avoid|<big>«</big>guillemets<big>»</big>}} as quotation marks for English text, except in special cases and when such marks are internal to non-English text, and avoid using accent marks as apostrophes. (Straight quotes are much easier to type on most keyboards and produce far fewer encoding problems.)


== Links ==
== Links ==