Re: [WSG] " or " in copy?

[Paul Connolley]

On 16 Feb 2005, at 22:16, Dmitry Baranovskiy wrote:

> Actually " is an inch symbol. For quotes we should use “ and
> ” in normal text.

″ - The double prime. U+2033. The inch
′ - The prime. U+2032. The foot
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/DoublePrime.html

>> Taken from http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/sgml/entities.html (quote level 
>> altered)
>> <!ENTITY prime    CDATA "&#8242;" -- prime = minutes = feet, U+2032 
>> ISOtech -->
>> <!ENTITY Prime    CDATA "&#8243;" -- double prime = seconds = inches, 
>> U+2033 ISOtech -->

" - The double quote (straight/neutral)
' - The apostrophe or single quote

There are also the obvious left & right, double & single quotes

>> <!ENTITY quot    CDATA "&#34;"   -- quotation mark = APL quote, 
>> U+0022 ISOnum -->

-- 
Paul Connolley - http://shunuk.co.uk/

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