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Re: "there's a couple"

Posted By: Issachar, on host 66.57.122.80
Date: Saturday, October 14, 2006, at 19:55:52
In Reply To: Re: "there's a couple" posted by gremlinn on Saturday, October 14, 2006, at 16:31:20:

> In related news, I will continue to willingly disobey current rules regarding the inclusion of punctuation in quoted words or phrases in which the punctuation is not actually a part of the quoted material.

Hear, hear!

My current understanding is that the British do not include punctuation within quotation marks unless it is part of the quoted material; the rule against which you and I are practicing civil disobedience is an American rule. With so many RinkBrits about, maybe someone can tell me whether that's correct.

In any case, I hate the stupid rule as it stands here in the States. Punctuation should go /outside/ the quotation marks unless it's part of the actual quotation.

Iss "PERIOD." achar

Replies To This Message

Re: "there's a couple" - Gabe - Mon, 10/16/2006, 00:10:25
- Re: "there's a couple" - Sam - Thu, 10/19/2006, 12:34:17
  - Re: "there's a couple" - Counterpoint - Fri, 10/20/2006, 21:09:34
- Re: "there's a couple" - Howard - Mon, 10/16/2006, 14:57:05
Re: "there's a couple" - Darien - Sun, 10/15/2006, 23:21:44
- Re: "there's a couple" - Howard - Mon, 10/16/2006, 14:53:31

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