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As rendered, the non-breaking-spaced and thin-spaced versions may look similar or the same as the templated version, but they improperly mix content and presentation.
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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.,
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Smith was reported to have said, "I think the public will not agree with your 'innovative solution' ", in the March 3 debate.
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Smith was reported to have said, "I think the public will not agree with your 'innovative solution' ", in the March 3 debate.
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Smith was reported to have said, "I think the public will not agree with your 'innovative solution'", in the March 3 debate.
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And finally, compare this visually appealing but also semantically incorrect version, using a "thin space" character:
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Compare also the version with a semantically incorrect non-breaking space character:
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For comparison, here is the less desirable, completely unspaced version:
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for the left-hand side versions (manual and parameter, respectively).
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and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's
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