Quotations (<blockquote>, <q>)

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These two elements are used to define a quoted text.

<Blockquote> is used for longer quotations, block level content, while <q> is used for inline, shorter quotes.

Syntax:

<blockquote></blockquote>, <q></q>

Attributes:

id, class (document-wide identifiers)
lang (language information), dir (text direction)
title (element title)
style (inline style information)
cite (citation URI)
onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup (intrinsic events)

Example

HTML quotation elements:

<html>

<head>
<title>HTML tutorial</title>
</head> 

<body>
<blockquote>
Blockquote element should wrap up a larger size quotes, that often stretch through multiple lines of text.
They are used, as said, for <q>inline content quotation</q> to visualize <q>inner or nested text</q>. 
</blockquote>
</body>

</html>

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