Manual of Style:Punctuation

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This page documents the Manual of Style guidelines of the GTA Wiki.

It concerns standards that all users should follow.

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This page documents the Official GTA Wiki Manual of Style on punctuation.

Formatting

Apostrophes

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1. Only use straight apostrophes ('). Do not use curly apostrophes (’), accent marks or backticks (`).
2. {{'}} may be useful if formatting does not allow for a straight apostrophe to be used (for example, when used in bold or italic text) (see MOS:FORMAT).
3. Abbreviated distances measured in feet should use straight apostrophes (for example, six foot two inches as 6'2") (see MOS:NUM).

Quotation marks

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1. All forms of quotation must use double quotation marks ("). Do not use apostrophes, accent marks or backticks for quotations.
2. Only use straight quotation marks ("). Do not use curly quotation marks (“ ”).
3. Do not use guillemet marks (« ») or other foreign quotation marks for quotations.
4. Abbreviated distances measured in inches should use double quotation marks (for example, six foot two inches as 6'2") (see MOS:NUM).
5. Quotation marks in immediate succession should have a single space between them (for example, "I said 'Yes' ").

Valid uses of quotation marks:

• Direct quotes
• Dialogue or transcripts
• Short works (short stories, poems, song titles, etc)

Invalid use of quotation marks:

• Collections of works (film franchises, TV series, album titles, collection of poems, etc)
• Longer works (film titles, books/novels, etc)
• Mission titles, Achievement and Trophy names, etc.

Notable exceptions:

1. Annotated translations must use apostrophes, not quotation marks (for example, 'Manana' comes from the Spanish mañana, translating to 'morning' or 'tomorrow').
2. Nested quotations (quotations within quotations) must alternate between single quotation marks (straight apostrophes) and double quotation marks, with the latter being the outer-most quote (for example, "I don't want to hear you say 'I can't!' ever again.").

It can be noted that templates such as {{Quote}} and {{Dialogue}} automatically add stylized quotation marks to input text and do not require additional quotation marks.