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<h1>Q - Short Quotation</h1>
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<th>Syntax</th>
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<li>CITE=<var><a href="../values.html#uri">URI</a></var> (source of quotation)</li>
<li><a href="../attrs.html">common attributes</a></li>
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<p>The <strong class=html>Q</strong> element is used for <em>short, inline quotations</em>. For longer (block) quotations, use the <strong class=html>BLOCKQUOTE</strong> element.</p>
<p>The <strong class=html>Q</strong> element's optional <strong class=html>CITE</strong> attribute provides a <abbr class=initialism title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</abbr> of the source of the quotation. Some examples follow:</p>
<p class=example><code class=html><P>In the words of Albert Einstein, <Q>God does <EM>not</EM> play dice.</Q></P></code></p>
<p class=example><code class=html><P>According to Dave Raggett, <Q CITE="http://www.w3.org/Press/HTML4-REC">HTML 4.0 gives Web designers the ability to create dynamic visually exciting pages that are accessible to all.</Q></P></code></p>
<p>Note that authors should not include their own quotation marks when using the <strong class=html>Q</strong> element. However, this can be a problem since almost all current browsers lack support for <strong class=html>Q</strong>. Authors may prefer to avoid <strong class=html>Q</strong> and insert their own quotation marks. Another alternative is to use <strong class=html><a href="../fontstyle/i.html">I</a></strong> in combination with <strong class=html>Q</strong> so that the quotation is distinguished from other text in most browsers. The previous example could also be given as follows:</p>
<p class=example><code class=html><P>According to Dave Raggett, <I><Q CITE="http://www.w3.org/Press/HTML4-REC">HTML 4.0 gives Web designers the ability to create dynamic visually exciting pages that are accessible to all.</Q></I></P></code></p>
<p>Browsers supporting <strong class=html>Q</strong> should properly handle nested quotations. They should also use quotation marks suitable to the language of the quotation, based on the <strong class=html><a href="../attrs.html#lang">LANG</a></strong> attribute of <strong class=html>Q</strong> or the language of its parent.</p>
<h2>More Information</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/text.html#edef-Q">Q in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTML4.0 Recommendation</a></li>
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