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erronis

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2. These strange substitutions occur when DU translates smart quotes, etc.

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 01:59 PM

Sunday

I've corrected my text using an online tool (https://dan.hersam.com/tools/smart-quotes.php) that substitutes the "smart quotes" (meaning open/closed quotation marks, apostrophes, etc.) with HTML characters.

If I cut and paste from an online article that includes these typographical artifacts they'll show up with entity codes - and will get duplicated every time I do a preview. I've learned to pass the text through the tool (above) usually, but sometimes forget.

Thanks for pointing this out, GiqueCee!

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