934 2004-11-06 20:37:49 +0000 XHTML 1.0 transitional pages validate even when one uses actual quotation marks around text instead of the character entity 2004-11-06 21:01:24 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator check 0.6.7 PC Windows XP RESOLVED INVALID P3 trivial --- 1 chess4ever ot www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 2591 0 chess4ever 2004-11-06 20:37:49 +0000 validator does not detect when one types " instead of " in an xhtml 1.0 transitional document. for example: <p> "Eighy percent of success is showing up." - Woody Allen </p> the validator thinks this is okay and doesn't show anything as an error. Why? Wouldn't the correct code be... <p> "Eighy percent of success is showing up." - Woody Allen </p> 2592 1 ville.skytta 2004-11-06 21:01:24 +0000 There is no general requirement to use entities in place of single or double quotes in any version of HTML or X(HT)ML. However, if one has text containing quotes in _attribute values_, it needs to be taken care of that they don't end the attribute value prematurely. This can be accomplished by using entities in the value or by choosing a " or ' around the value that does not "conflict" with the literal quotes in the value. BTW, you misspelled "Eighty" in the example ;)