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The{{' "}} or{{Single+double}} template is to be used whenever a single-quotation mark (') would be followed by a double-quotation mark ("), most commonly found in nested quotations (e.g.,"I never told the kids, 'Stay outta school'", Bob implored.
), or when a double-quoted passage terminates with an apostrophe (e.g.,In 1961, the Beach Boys recorded two demo songs, "Surfin'" and "Surfin' Safari".
) Its purpose is to place a slight space in between the single and double quotation marks for legibility, without actually inserting a space character. It does this withCSS, and does so because the insertion of an extraneous space character of any kind (e.g., or ) would violate thesemantic integrity of web content in an article or another page in which it appears.
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See also the related templates,{{" '}} and{{'}} for the left-hand side versions (manual and parameter, respectively).