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## Smart punctuation
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Open quotes are matched with closed quotes.
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The same method is used for matching openers and closers
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as is used in emphasis parsing:
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"Hello," said the spider.
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"'Shelob' is my name."
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.
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<p>“Hello,” said the spider.
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“‘Shelob’ is my name.”</p>
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'A', 'B', and 'C' are letters.
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<p>‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’ are letters.</p>
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'Oak,' 'elm,' and 'beech' are names of trees.
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So is 'pine.'
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<p>‘Oak,’ ‘elm,’ and ‘beech’ are names of trees.
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So is ‘pine.’</p>
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'He said, "I want to go."'
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<p>‘He said, “I want to go.”’</p>
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A single quote that isn't an open quote matched
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with a close quote will be treated as an
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apostrophe:
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Were you alive in the 70's?
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<p>Were you alive in the 70’s?</p>
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Here is some quoted '`code`' and a "[quoted link](url)".
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<p>Here is some quoted ‘<code>code</code>’ and a “<a href="url">quoted link</a>”.</p>
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Here the first `'` is treated as an apostrophe, not
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an open quote, because the final single quote is matched
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by the single quote before `jolly`:
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'tis the season to be 'jolly'
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<p>’tis the season to be ‘jolly’</p>
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Multiple apostrophes should not be marked as open/closing quotes.
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'We'll use Jane's boat and John's truck,' Jenna said.
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<p>‘We’ll use Jane’s boat and John’s truck,’ Jenna said.</p>
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An unmatched double quote will be interpreted as a
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left double quote, to facilitate this style:
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"A paragraph with no closing quote.
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"Second paragraph by same speaker, in fiction."
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<p>“A paragraph with no closing quote.</p>
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<p>“Second paragraph by same speaker, in fiction.”</p>
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A quote following a `]` or `)` character cannot
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be an open quote:
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[a]'s b'
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<p>[a]’s b’</p>
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Quotes that are escaped come out as literal straight
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quotes:
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\"This is not smart.\"
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This isn\'t either.
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5\'8\"
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<p>"This is not smart."
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This isn't either.
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5'8"</p>
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Two hyphens form an en-dash, three an em-dash.
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Some dashes: em---em
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en--en
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em --- em
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en -- en
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2--3
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<p>Some dashes: em—em
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en–en
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em — em
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en – en
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2–3</p>
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A sequence of more than three hyphens is
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parsed as a sequence of em and/or en dashes,
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with no hyphens. If possible, a homogeneous
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sequence of dashes is used (so, 10 hyphens
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= 5 en dashes, and 9 hyphens = 3 em dashes).
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When a heterogeneous sequence must be used,
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the em dashes come first, followed by the en
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dashes, and as few en dashes as possible are
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used (so, 7 hyphens = 2 em dashes an 1 en
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dash).
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one-
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two--
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three---
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four----
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five-----
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six------
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seven-------
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eight--------
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nine---------
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thirteen-------------.
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<p>one-
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two–
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three—
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four––
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five—–
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six——
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seven—––
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eight––––
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nine———
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thirteen———––.</p>
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Hyphens can be escaped:
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Escaped hyphens: \-- \-\-\-.
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<p>Escaped hyphens: -- ---.</p>
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Three periods form an ellipsis:
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Ellipses...and...and....
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<p>Ellipses…and…and….</p>
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Periods can be escaped if ellipsis-formation
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is not wanted:
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No ellipses\.\.\.
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<p>No ellipses...</p>
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