[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26850: Single quotes show up as apostrophes when appearing before numbers

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#26850: Single quotes show up as apostrophes when appearing before numbers
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 Reporter:  yurivictor                           |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Formatting                           |  Release
 Severity:  minor                                |     Version:  3.9
 Keywords:  wptexturize needs-unit-tests has-    |  Resolution:
  patch close                                    |     Focuses:
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Comment (by yurivictor):

 @miqrogroove, I'll see if I can explain better.

 Quote marks show up in the wrong direction when used around numbers that
 aren't years.

 Here's an example post where this happens:

 https://yurivictor.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/testings-4-through-quotes/

 Notice the headline. 4 is not a year, but it is treated as a year which is
 why as you may see the quote mark points in the wrong direction. The patch
 would prevent that from happening in 99.9% of cases. It's not a complete
 solution, but it would definitely fix the above use case and the problem
 that The Washington Post was having.

 If you have a better solution, I would love to hear it, but this is
 definitely a problem that needs to be solved. The answer isn't obvious,
 but should at least be discussed.

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