Unclosed Single Quote
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A single-quoted construct opens with
' but no closing ' appears before the end of the block.
Q-2-7 — Unclosed Single Quote
A single-quoted construct opens with
'but no closing'appears before the end of the block.
What this means
Quarto markdown recognizes '…' as a typographic single-quote
pair (curly quotes in the output) when the quotes are balanced
within a block. This error fires when an opening ' has no
matching close.
Why this happens
The most common cause is an apostrophe being read as an opening
quote. The parser distinguishes apostrophes from quotes by
context, but in some constructions (a ' adjacent to whitespace
or at the start of a token) the parser sees a quote opener.
How to fix
Add the closing ', or escape the literal apostrophe with a
backslash:
He said it was \'just a draft\'.If the construct really is a quote, supply the missing closing mark.
Example
A bare ' with nothing after it triggers the error:
'