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Inconsistent use of quotes in Grammar and mechanics guide
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Description
Describe the bug
The Grammar and mechanics guide (https://stackoverflow.design/content/guidelines/grammar-and-mechanics) contains examples. The first five examples are quoted, and the rest is not.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Go to https://stackoverflow.design/content/guidelines/grammar-and-mechanics/#use-active-tense-(most-of-the-time)
- Check the examples given there, observe quotes:
“Update your profile”
- Go to https://stackoverflow.design/content/guidelines/grammar-and-mechanics/#headings
- Check the examples, no quotes are present
Performance overview
Expected behavior
No quotes anywhere around examples.
Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: Ubuntu
- Browser: Firefox
- Version: 102.0
Additional context
See https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/380592/ for background.
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Research direction
Open the Grammar and mechanics guide at https://stackoverflow.design/content/guidelines/grammar-and-mechanics and review the examples in the active-tense and headings sections. Remove the quotation marks from examples so the guide uses no quotes around examples, then verify the linked sections for consistent presentation.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100