- From: Martin Janecke via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 01:02:07 +0000
- To: public-i18n-archive@w3.org
> I was considering the use of the q element to be as described in the HTML5 spec, which says that the content of the q element "must be quoted from another source, **whose address**, if it has one, may be cited in the cite attribute". To me this indicates an expectation that you are copying text from another place, not quoting someone saying something. @r12a If you shift the emphasis in the quotation from the [WHATWG HTML spec](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-q-element) a few words to the right, you may see the opposite message: "must be quoted from another source, whose address, **if it has one**, may be cited in the cite attribute". There does not need to be an address. To me this indicates that quoting someone saying something is valid. This is supported by the first example in the spec. Mind the word “said”: > Here is a simple example of the use of the q element: > > ``` > <p>The man said <q>Things that are impossible just take > longer</q>. I disagreed with him.</p> > ``` A similar example has been in spec in [HTML 4.01](https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#edef-Q) already: > The following example illustrates nested quotations with the Q element. > > ``` > John said, <Q lang="en-us">I saw Lucy at lunch, she told me > <Q lang="en-us">Mary wants you > to get some ice cream on your way home.</Q> I think I will get > some at Ben and Jerry's, on Gloucester Road.</Q> > ``` -- GitHub Notification of comment by prlbr Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/i18n-discuss/issues/1#issuecomment-467679989 using your GitHub account
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