## Smart punctuation . "Hello," said the spider. "'Shelob' is my name." .

“Hello,” said the spider. “‘Shelob’ is my name.”

. . 'A', 'B', and 'C' are letters. .

‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’ are letters.

. . 'Oak,' 'elm,' and 'beech' are names of trees. So is 'pine.' .

‘Oak,’ ‘elm,’ and ‘beech’ are names of trees. So is ‘pine.’

. . 'He said, "I want to go."' .

‘He said, “I want to go.”’

. . Were you alive in the 70's? .

Were you alive in the 70’s?

. . Here is some quoted '`code`' and a "[quoted link](url)". .

Here is some quoted ‘code’ and a “quoted link”.

. . 'tis the season to be 'jolly' .

’tis the season to be ‘jolly’

. . "A paragraph with no closing quote. "Second paragraph by same speaker, in fiction." .

“A paragraph with no closing quote.

“Second paragraph by same speaker, in fiction.”

. . \"This is not smart.\" This isn\'t either. .

"This is not smart." This isn't either.

. . Some dashes: one---two --- three---four --- five. .

Some dashes: one—two — three—four — five.

. . Escaped dashes: \-- \-\-\-. .

Escaped dashes: -- ---.

. . Dashes between numbers: 5--7, 255--66, 1987--1999. .

Dashes between numbers: 5–7, 255–66, 1987–1999.

. . Ellipses...and...and.... .

Ellipses…and…and….

. . No ellipses\.\.\. .

No ellipses...

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