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Quote Conventions

Ben King edited this page Sep 19, 2025 · 1 revision

The table below contains all of the named quote conventions available to the quotation mark denormalizer. The name on the left can be used to override the automatically detected quote convention.

Quote Convention Name Example Quotes
standard_english “First-level quote”
‘Second-level quote’
“Third-level quote”
‘Fourth-level quote’
typewriter_english "First-level quote"
'Second-level quote'
"Third-level quote"
'Fourth-level quote'
british_english ‘First-level quote’
“Second-level quote”
‘Third-level quote’
“Fourth-level quote”
british_typewriter_english 'First-level quote'
"Second-level quote"
'Third-level quote'
"Fourth-level quote"
hybrid_typewriter_english “First-level quote”
'Second-level quote'
"Third-level quote"
standard_french «First-level quote»
‹Second-level quote›
«Third-level quote»
‹Fourth-level quote›
typewriter_french <<First-level quote>>
<Second-level quote>
<<Third-level quote>>
<Fourth-level quote>
french_variant «First-level quote»
‹Second-level quote›
“Third-level quote”
‘Fourth-level quote’
western_european «First-level quote»
“Second-level quote”
‘Third-level quote’
british_inspired_western_european «First-level quote»
‘Second-level quote’
“Third-level quote”
typewriter_western_european <<First-level quote>>
"Second-level quote"
'Third-level quote'
typewriter_western_european_variant "First-level quote"
<Second-level quote>
'Third-level quote'
hybrid_typewriter_western_european «First-level quote»
"Second-level quote"
'Third-level quote'
hybrid_british_typewriter_western_european «First-level quote»
'Second-level quote'
"Third-level quote"
central_european „First-level quote“
‚Second-level quote‘
„Third-level quote“
‚Fourth-level quote‘
central_european_guillemets »First-level quote«
›Second-level quote‹
»Third-level quote«
›Fourth-level quote‹
standard_swedish ”First-level quote”
’Second-level quote’
”Third-level quote”
’Fourth-level quote’
standard_finnish »First-level quote»
’Second-level quote’
eastern_european „First-level quote”
‚Second-level quote’
„Third-level quote”
‚Fourth-level quote’
standard_russian «First-level quote»
„Second-level quote“
‚Third-level quote‘
standard_arabic ”First-level quote“
’Second-level quote‘
”Third-level quote“
’Fourth-level quote‘
non-standard_arabic «First-level quote»
’Second-level quote‘
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