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Chapter 4 References
“Misquotations are the only quotations tha are never misquoted”
-Hesketh Pearson
All types of websites use citations frequently, whether they are citing content from other pages, authors, or publications, and it is helpful to have a standard way to mark up citations. Because once you have the structure, all you need is some simple CSS to turn the quotes into beautiful design elements.
Let’s look at three different ways to mark up quotes and discuss the pros and cons of each. Once we’ve found the best approach, we’ll look at which of these related elements and styles are best for marking up lengthy quotes.
Let’s take a closer look at each method and find the best “tool” for the job, and more importantly, why it’s the best tool. Approach A: Lack of semantics

<p>"Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted."</p>
<p>&#8212; Hesketh Pearson</p>

When using a quote within a page, you will usually want it to look different from the rest of the text, ideally to remind the reader that the content is from somewhere else and to separate it (using appropriate methods) from the normal reading order of the rest of the content.
Method A is marked the same way as other paragraphs on the page, so there is no way to set a different style for it. The double quotes in the content become the only clue to the quoted content.

By the way, in this method and the following two examples, &#8212; is the HTML code for the long dash (that is, "—"), and the decimal representation method is used here. This is the most reliable method that supports all browsers. Alternatively, you can use&mdash;

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