Quotations in HTML

Block quotes, inline quotes and citations, each with its own element.

<blockquote cite="https://example.com/essay">
  <p>Programs must be written for people to read.</p>
  <footer>
    Harold Abelson, <cite>Structure and Interpretation</cite>
  </footer>
</blockquote>
<p>
  He answered <q>only after the tests pass</q> and closed the laptop.
</p>

How it works

blockquote takes a cite attribute pointing at the source.
q quotes inline and the browser supplies the quote marks.
cite names a work, not a person.

The run, in numbers

Lines: 9
Characters to type: 265
Tokens: 51
Three-star pace: 60 tpm

At the three-star pace of 60 tokens a minute, this run takes about 51 seconds.

Type this snippet

Step 6 of 7 in Text & headings, step 9 of 28 in Document structure.

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