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Subject:RE: American English to British English From:"Glenn Maxey" <glenn -dot- maxey -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:16:20 -0600
The only exception I make to this is when I'm quoting something that the
user needs to type at a command prompt. For example,
To get blah to compile, type "booga booga -te -hee".
Were I to put the punctuation inside the quotes, there is room for
misunderstanding about whether or not the punctuation is needed.
Of course, there will be those who say that fonts and/or bolding can remove
the need for the quotation marks. However, a bolded or italic period is
really hard to distinguish from a normal one. Also, in e-mail and readme.txt
files, you don't have that luxury. The only other alternative is to put it
on a line by itself.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-techwr-l-58477 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-58477 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Dick
> Margulis
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 6:21 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: American English to British English
>
> 3. Move commas and periods inside the quotation marks. In
> British usage, as you know, the closing quotation mark may be
> before or after the terminal comma or period, as logic dictates.
> In US usage, the closing quotation mark always follows the period
> or comma; always precedes a colon or semi-colon; and follows or
> precedes an interrogation or exclamation point, as logic dictates.
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