What potential pitfalls should beginners be aware of when working with PHP echo statements?

Beginners should be aware of potential pitfalls such as forgetting to include quotes around strings in echo statements, not properly escaping special characters, and mixing PHP and HTML code incorrectly. To avoid these issues, always ensure that strings are enclosed in quotes, use functions like htmlspecialchars() to escape special characters, and separate PHP and HTML code clearly. 

<?php
// Example of properly using echo with quotes and escaping special characters
$name = "John Doe";
echo "Hello, $name!"; // Output: Hello, John Doe!

// Using htmlspecialchars() to escape special characters
$special_characters = "<>&";
echo htmlspecialchars($special_characters); // Output: <>&
?>

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