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Notjohn · 05-10-2015, 05:55 AM

I have been following this with (somewhat bemused) interest. At first I didn't see the point of what you're trying to do--that you were searching for the solution to a problem that doesn't exist. So I looked at the Chicago Manual of Style for enlightenment and found that, as expected, it didn't address the situation at all. But when I look closer, I see that there is indeed a sliver of space between doubled quotation marks, and these are not duplicated in my (ancient, to be sure) version of Word. I'm at 10.25-26 in the 14th edition.

The CSM gives this example, of a quote within a quote within a quote: “I eat what I see.”’” But on the printed page, there is a discernible (though just discernible) space between the single quote and the enclosing double quotes.

Later: Interestingly, after hitting Post, I can see the barest sliver between those sets of quotes. It's more than I see in Word (or pasted into this window) but still less than what I see in the CSM.

05-10-2015, 05:55 AM	#31
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,519 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	I have been following this with (somewhat bemused) interest. At first I didn't see the point of what you're trying to do--that you were searching for the solution to a problem that doesn't exist. So I looked at the Chicago Manual of Style for enlightenment and found that, as expected, it didn't address the situation at all. But when I look closer, I see that there is indeed a sliver of space between doubled quotation marks, and these are not duplicated in my (ancient, to be sure) version of Word. I'm at 10.25-26 in the 14th edition. The CSM gives this example, of a quote within a quote within a quote: “I eat what I see.”’” But on the printed page, there is a discernible (though just discernible) space between the single quote and the enclosing double quotes. Later: Interestingly, after hitting Post, I can see the barest sliver between those sets of quotes. It's more than I see in Word (or pasted into this window) but still less than what I see in the CSM. Last edited by Notjohn; 05-10-2015 at 05:59 AM.