The q
element can be used for a quote that is part of a sentence:
<p>She wrote <q>The answer is 42.</q> and everyone agreed.</p>
Quotation marks should not be added. User agents should (in HTML 4.01) resp. must (in HTML 4.0) render them automatically.
Quotation marks must not be added. User agents will render them automatically.
cite
attribute)The cite
attribute can be used to reference the URL of the quoted source:
<p>She wrote <q cite="http://example.com/blog/hello-world">The answer is 42.</q> and everyone agreed.</p>
Note that browsers typically don’t show this URL, so if the source is relevant, you should add a hyperlink (a
element) in addition.