diff --git a/include/tidyenum.h b/include/tidyenum.h
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4bbae26..2a261ed
--- a/include/tidyenum.h
+++ b/include/tidyenum.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ extern "C" {
     FN(MISSING_ENDTAG_FOR)            \
     FN(MISSING_IMAGEMAP)              \
     FN(MISSING_QUOTEMARK)             \
+    FN(MISSING_QUOTEMARK_OPEN)        \
     FN(MISSING_SEMICOLON_NCR)         \
     FN(MISSING_SEMICOLON)             \
     FN(MISSING_STARTTAG)              \
diff --git a/src/language_en.h b/src/language_en.h
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index addf8d1..a41e220
--- a/src/language_en.h
+++ b/src/language_en.h
@@ -1877,6 +1877,7 @@ static languageDefinition language_en = { whichPluralForm_en, {
     { MISSING_ENDTAG_FOR,           0,   "missing </%s>"                                                           },
     { MISSING_IMAGEMAP,             0,   "%s should use client-side image map"                                     },
     { MISSING_QUOTEMARK,            0,   "%s attribute with missing trailing quote mark"                           },
+    { MISSING_QUOTEMARK_OPEN,       0,   "value for attribute \"%s\" missing quote marks"                          },
     { MISSING_SEMICOLON_NCR,        0,   "numeric character reference \"%s\" doesn't end in ';'"                   },
     { MISSING_SEMICOLON,            0,   "entity \"%s\" doesn't end in ';'"                                        },
     { MISSING_STARTTAG,             0,   "missing <%s>"                                                            },
diff --git a/src/lexer.c b/src/lexer.c
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a23ed8e..b0fda1d
--- a/src/lexer.c
+++ b/src/lexer.c
@@ -3621,8 +3621,9 @@ static Node *ParsePhp( TidyDocImpl* doc )
 }   
 
 /* consumes the '>' terminating start tags */
+/* @TODO: float the errors back to the calling method */
 static tmbstr  ParseAttribute( TidyDocImpl* doc, Bool *isempty,
-                              Node **asp, Node **php)
+                              Node **asp, Node **php )
 {
     Lexer* lexer = doc->lexer;
     int start, len = 0;
@@ -3984,8 +3985,6 @@ static tmbstr ParseValue( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr name,
             {
                 uint q = c;
 
-                TY_(ReportAttrError)( doc, lexer->token, NULL, UNEXPECTED_QUOTEMARK );
-
                 /* handle <input onclick=s("btn1")> and <a title=foo""">...</a> */
                 /* this doesn't handle <a title=foo"/> which browsers treat as  */
                 /* 'foo"/' nor  <a title=foo" /> which browser treat as 'foo"'  */
@@ -4156,7 +4155,7 @@ static tmbstr ParseValue( TidyDocImpl* doc, ctmbstr name,
         value = NULL;
 
     /* note delimiter if given */
-    *pdelim = (delim ? delim : '"');
+    *pdelim = delim;
 
     return value;
 }
@@ -4273,11 +4272,13 @@ static AttVal* ParseAttrs( TidyDocImpl* doc, Bool *isempty )
             (cfgBool(doc, TidyXmlTags) && IsValidXMLAttrName(attribute))))
         {
             av = TY_(NewAttribute)(doc);
-            av->delim = delim;
+            av->delim = delim ? delim : '"';
             av->attribute = attribute;
             av->value = value;
             av->dict = TY_(FindAttribute)( doc, av );
-            AddAttrToList( &list, av ); 
+            AddAttrToList( &list, av );
+			if ( !delim && value )
+				 TY_(ReportAttrError)( doc, lexer->token, av, MISSING_QUOTEMARK_OPEN);
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/message.c b/src/message.c
index f9149b4..e64a412 100755
--- a/src/message.c
+++ b/src/message.c
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ static struct _dispatchTable {
     { MISSING_ENDTAG_FOR,           TidyWarning,     formatStandard          },
     { MISSING_IMAGEMAP,             TidyWarning,     formatAttributeReport   },
     { MISSING_QUOTEMARK,            TidyWarning,     formatAttributeReport   },
+    { MISSING_QUOTEMARK_OPEN,       TidyInfo,        formatAttributeReport   },
     { MISSING_SEMICOLON_NCR,        TidyWarning,     formatStandard          },
     { MISSING_SEMICOLON,            TidyWarning,     formatStandard          },
     { MISSING_STARTTAG,             TidyWarning,     formatStandard          },
@@ -531,7 +532,10 @@ TidyMessageImpl *formatAttributeReport(TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *element, Node *no
 
     switch (code)
     {
-        case BACKSLASH_IN_URI:
+        case MISSING_QUOTEMARK_OPEN:
+            return TY_(tidyMessageCreateWithNode)(doc, node, code, level, name );
+		
+		case BACKSLASH_IN_URI:
         case ESCAPED_ILLEGAL_URI:
         case FIXED_BACKSLASH:
         case ID_NAME_MISMATCH:
@@ -546,14 +550,12 @@ TidyMessageImpl *formatAttributeReport(TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *element, Node *no
         case UNEXPECTED_QUOTEMARK:
         case WHITE_IN_URI:
             return TY_(tidyMessageCreateWithNode)(doc, node, code, level, tagdesc );
-            break;
 
         case ATTRIBUTE_IS_NOT_ALLOWED:
         case JOINING_ATTRIBUTE:
         case MISSING_ATTR_VALUE:
         case PROPRIETARY_ATTRIBUTE:
             return TY_(tidyMessageCreateWithNode)(doc, node, code, level, tagdesc, name );
-            break;
 
         case ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_REPLACED:
         case BAD_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE:
@@ -561,30 +563,25 @@ TidyMessageImpl *formatAttributeReport(TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *element, Node *no
         case INSERTING_AUTO_ATTRIBUTE:
         case INVALID_ATTRIBUTE:
             return TY_(tidyMessageCreateWithNode)(doc, node, code, level, tagdesc, name, value );
-            break;
 
         case MISMATCHED_ATTRIBUTE_ERROR:
         case MISMATCHED_ATTRIBUTE_WARN:
             return TY_(tidyMessageCreateWithNode)(doc, node, code, level, tagdesc, name, HTMLVersion(doc));
-            break;
 
         case ANCHOR_NOT_UNIQUE:
         case ATTR_VALUE_NOT_LCASE:
         case PROPRIETARY_ATTR_VALUE:
         case XML_ID_SYNTAX:
             return TY_(tidyMessageCreateWithNode)(doc, node, code, level, tagdesc, value );
-            break;
 
         case REPEATED_ATTRIBUTE:
             return TY_(tidyMessageCreateWithNode)(doc, node, code, level, tagdesc, value, name );
-            break;
 
         case UNEXPECTED_END_OF_FILE_ATTR:
             /* on end of file adjust reported position to end of input */
             doc->lexer->lines   = doc->docIn->curline;
             doc->lexer->columns = doc->docIn->curcol;
             return TY_(tidyMessageCreateWithLexer)(doc, code, level, tagdesc );
-            break;
     }
 
     return NULL;
@@ -1095,8 +1092,8 @@ void TY_(Dialogue)(TidyDocImpl* doc, uint code, ...)
     {
         if ( dialogueDispatchTable[i].code == code )
         {
-            TidyMessageImpl *message;
             TidyReportLevel level = dialogueDispatchTable[i].level;
+			TidyMessageImpl *message;
             va_start(args, code);
             message = formatDialogue( doc, code, level, args );
             va_end(args);