What are smart quotes?

Smart quotes are typographic quotation marks (“ ” ‘ ’) that curve toward the quoted text. Straight quotes (" ') are the plain ASCII equivalents used in code and plain text.

When should I use straight quotes?

In code, command-line tools, APIs, CSV files and any plain-text context. Typographic quotes can cause errors in these environments.

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