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{{w|wp:Manual of Style#Quotation marks|As on Wikipedia}}, please: | {{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>“</big>curly<big>”</big>}} quotes or {{avoid|<big>‘</big>curly<big>’</big>}} apostrophes. | * Use {{preferred|<big>"</big>straight<big>"</big>}} quotes and {{preferred|<big>'</big>straight<big>'</big>}} apostrophes, instead of {{avoid|<big>“</big>curly<big>”</big>}} quotes or {{avoid|<big>‘</big>curly<big>’</big>}} apostrophes. | ||
* Except in special cases, avoid using {{avoid|<big>`</big>accent marks<big>´</big>}} (including backticks), {{avoid|<big>„</big>low-high quotes<big>“</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, avoid using {{avoid|<big>`</big>accent marks<big>´</big>}} (including backticks), {{avoid|<big>„</big>low-high quotes<big>“</big>}}, {{avoid|<big>「</big>corner brackets<big>」</big>}}, {{avoid|<big>′</big>prime symbols<big>′</big>}}, or {{avoid|<big>«</big>guillemets<big>»</big>}} as quotation marks for English text. | ||
* Avoid using accent marks as apostrophes. | * Avoid using accent marks and prime symbols as apostrophes. | ||
(Straight quotes are much easier to type on most keyboards and produce fewer encoding problems.) | (Straight quotes are much easier to type on most keyboards and produce fewer encoding problems.) | ||