Editing Template:Space+single/doc (section)

==Usage==

This template, {{tn|-'}} or [[Template:Space+single]], uses the [[List of XML and HTML character entity references|decimal code]] for the apostrophe or single-quote character so that it does not become interpreted with adjacent italics (<code><nowiki>''</nowiki></code>) or bold (<code><nowiki>'''</nowiki></code>) wiki markup, or visually confused with other quotation marks.

This template leaves leading space before the single quotation mark/apostrophe, unlike the similar {{tl|`}} (no spacing), {{tl|'-}} (trailing space after the single quote) and {{tl|'}} (smaller leading space before the apostrophe). It does not insert any semantically-invalid space characters, but does all the spacing visually-only, in [[Cascading style sheets|CSS]]. 

This template is intended for use with double-quote-providing templates when the content quoted starts on the left-hand side with an apostrophe/single quote, whereas {{tl|'-}} is for the right-hand side, {{tl|'}} is intended for use with ''[[Italic type|italic]]'' text, and {{tl|`}} is for non-italic text.

:''Do not'' use these templates in the {{para|title}} parameter of {{cs1}} templates. Doing so corrupts the [[COinS]] metadata produced by the citation.

Example:

:<code><nowiki>"{{-'}}My Two Front Teeth': A Critical Review"</nowiki></code>

results in:

:"{{-'}}My Two Front Teeth': A Critical Review"

compared to:

:"'My Two Front Teeth': A Critical Review"

produced by:

:<code>"'My Two Front Teeth': A Critical Review"</code>

Note the slight visual spacing difference between these two:
*"{{-'}}My
*"'My

The equivalent template when manually placing double quotes around a single-quoted passage is {{tl|" '}}; see also {{tl|'-}} and {{tl|' "}} for the right-hand side equivalents (parameter and manual, respectively).