Index: wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css	(revision 18338)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css	(working copy)
@@ -1686,14 +1686,17 @@
 	text-align: right;
 	width: 50%;
 }
+#content nav .meta-nav {
+	font-weight: normal;
+}
 
 /* Singular navigation */
 #nav-single {
-	display: inline-block;
-	overflow: visible !important;
-	position: absolute;
-	top: -4px;
-	right: 0;
+	float: right;
+	position: relative;
+		top: -0.3em;
+	text-align: right;
+	width: 100%;
 	z-index: 1;
 }
 #nav-single .nav-previous,
Index: wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/single.php
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/single.php	(revision 18338)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/single.php	(working copy)
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 					<nav id="nav-single">
 						<h3 class="assistive-text"><?php _e( 'Post navigation', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></h3>
-						<span class="nav-previous"><?php previous_post_link( '%link', __( '&larr; Previous', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
-						<span class="nav-next"><?php next_post_link( '%link', __( 'Next &rarr;', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
+						<span class="nav-previous"><?php previous_post_link( '%link', __( '<span class="meta-nav">&larr;</span> Previous', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
+						<span class="nav-next"><?php next_post_link( '%link', __( 'Next <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?></span>
 					</nav><!-- #nav-single -->
 
 					<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'single' ); ?>
Index: wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/rtl.css
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/rtl.css	(revision 18338)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/rtl.css	(working copy)
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@
 
 /* Singular navigation */
 #nav-single {
-	left: 0;
-	right: auto;
+	float: left;
+	text-align: left;
 }
 #nav-single .nav-next {
 	padding-right: .5em;