Short Quotes

The <q> element defines a short quote. Browsers usually display quotation marks around the <q> element.

HTML file: Displayed by browser:
<p>Erma Bombeck declared:
<br />
"Never have more children than you have car windows."
</p>

Erma Bombeck declared:
"Never have more children than you have car windows."

<p>Erma Bombeck declared:
<br />
<q>Never have more children than you have car windows.</q>
</p>

Erma Bombeck declared:
Never have more children than you have car windows.

Hmmmm... they look the same! Could this just be another one of those semantic situations? I suppose that we are expected to use the <q> element...

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