RE: Period/comma then close quote, or vice versa?

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

My comment was limited to material to be typed, but in general, they
observe the rule with regard to quoted material that is not to be typed.


>
> They avoid it by using a different font for the quoted text instead of
> quotation marks and by using layout, such as a colon
> preceding the text to
> be typed and a new paragraph without punctuation for the text
> to be typed.
>
>
>
> > Does anyone have a well-founded general impression of
> > current common American practice in computer-related
> > writing?  Where are most computer-related American companies
> > putting the period when the period is not part of the source
> > being quoted?  Inside the quotation marks anyway?  Outside?
> > Usually inside, but outside if there's a problem to avoid?
> > Or are they dodging the issue-- by rewriting, setting the
> > quoted material outside the sentence, etc.?


-- 
Bonnie Granat
www.GranatEdit.com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA


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