<p>John said, <Q lang="en-us">I saw Lucy at lunch, she told me <Q lang="en-us">Mary wants you to get some ice cream on your way home.</Q> I think I will get some at Ben and Jerry's, on Gloucester Road.</Q></p>
John said, I saw Lucy at lunch,
she told me
Mary wants you to get some ice cream on your
way home.
I think I will get some at Ben and Jerry's, on Gloucester
Road.
John said, "I saw Lucy at lunch, she told me 'Mary wants you to get some ice cream on your way home.' I think I will get some at Ben and Jerry's, on Gloucester Road."
This absence of support has also been explained and testcase-ed by Aaron Gustafson in his Support Q in IE.next Wishlist
Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3, Opera 10.00 alpha 1 build 1139, Konqueror 4.3.1, Amaya 11 build 20081216, Seamonkey 1.x, Seamonkey 2.x, K-meleon 1.x, Epiphany 2.22, Galeon 2.0.4 all pass this test.
This bug has been reported at connect's IE beta feedback as bug 339078.
Update: This bug has been FIXED in Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 (build 6001.18241) released on August 28th 2008. Otherwise, Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 PASSES this specific and particular testcase.