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Unclosed Double Quote

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A double-quoted construct opens with " but no closing " appears before the end of the block.

Q-2-11 — Unclosed Double Quote

A double-quoted construct opens with " but no closing " appears before the end of the block.

What this means

Quarto markdown recognizes "…" as a typographic double-quote pair when the quotes are balanced within a block. This error fires when an opening " has no matching close.

Why this happens

A missed closing quote in a hand-written passage, or a passage where the closing quote was deleted by an edit but the opener left behind.

How to fix

Add the closing " at the intended end, or escape literal double quotes that the parser is mis-reading:

He said \"this is verbatim\".

Example

a" b.