HTML Creates Single Quotes within Double Quotes

Posted January 6, 2012 by Kathy Davie in

Interesting trick! A set of <q></q>s will encase text within a set of double quotes. However, if you use a second set of <q></q>s within that, it will automatically appear as single quotes.

For example:

There are times when you may want a character in a story to add emphasis within their dialog.

<q>There are times when you may want a character in a story to add <q>emphasis</q> within their dialog.</q>

Notice the single quotes around the word emphasis which are caused by my not ending the initial <q> until the end of the sentence.