Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:34:50 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Re: Quotation Marks Question
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> ecfield at comcast.net 04/14/04 05:11PM
>>Ted White wrote:
>>
>>As a rule, the period at the end of the sentence goes within the quote
>>marks, regardless.
>>
>>--Ted White
>>
>There is a trend among techies especially, to do away with this form
>since it is really illogical.  Any programmer will tell you there is a
>nesting problem with any punctuation inside the quotes.  Unless, of
>course... it applies specifically and ONLY to the quoted object.

& I believe our brethern on the other side of the pond put "full stops" =
(e.g. . ! ?) outside the quotes.

-Insert usual quote about "common language"-

mjw

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>Stan
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