Fix/typography quotes mirroring text #8002

[sunilsonumonu12]

Problem

The word "Mirroring" on line 367 of choosing-the-state-structure.md was rendering with mismatched smart quotes (two opening quotes) instead of proper opening and closing curly quotes, while "mirroring" on line 358 rendered correctly.

Before:

• Line 358: "mirroring" ✅ (rendered correctly)
• Line 367: "Mirroring" ❌ (rendered as ""Mirroring" with double opening quotes)

Root Cause

The smart quotes typography plugin (retext-smartypants) in the docs build pipeline incorrectly converts straight quotes when a quoted word appears at the beginning of a line or after certain punctuation, treating both quotes as opening quotes instead of distinguishing between opening and closing quotes.

Solution

Replaced straight quotes " with explicit HTML entities to ensure consistent rendering:

• “ for opening quotes (")
• ” for closing quotes (")

Applied to both instances on lines 358 and 367 for consistency and to prevent future typography issues.

Testing

• ✅ Verified quotes render correctly at http://localhost:5173/learn/choosing-the-state-structure
• ✅ Both "mirroring" and "Mirroring" now display proper opening/closing curly quotes
• ✅ No other content or functionality affected

Files Changed

• src/content/learn/choosing-the-state-structure.md (2 lines modified)

Type of Change

• Bug fix (typography/rendering issue)
• New feature
• Breaking change
• Documentation update

Screenshots

After fix: Both instances now render with proper curly quotes:

• This is why "mirroring" some prop in a state variable...
• "Mirroring" props into state only makes sense when...

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Thank you for maintaining such excellent documentation! This small fix improves the reading experience and typography consistency across the React docs.

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[rickhanlonii]

Dupe of #7931.

I commented on that PR that did a similar fix:

I think this is a bug in the markdown to HTML converter somewhere, or a missing plugin. We shouldn't need to use the opening and closing quotes any time we want to quote something in markdown, the parser should insert the right one.