quotes and commas in lyrics

2013-06-20 Thread Gerard McConnell
Hello, the following: \Some -- day\, produces: syntax error, unexpected ',' and \Some -- day,\ gets Some-day, however the result I want is: Some-day, What is the correct syntax for that? Thanks for any help, Gerard ___ lilypond-user

Re: quotes and commas in lyrics

2013-06-20 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hi Gerard, isn't \Some -- day\, what you want? HTH Cheers, Jan-Peter Am 20.06.2013 10:26, schrieb Gerard McConnell: Hello, the following: \Some -- day\, produces: syntax error, unexpected ',' and \Some -- day,\ gets Some-day, however the result I want is: Some-day, What

Re: quotes and commas in lyrics

2013-06-20 Thread David Kastrup
Gerard McConnell gerine...@gmail.com writes: Hello, the following: \Some -- day\, produces: syntax error, unexpected ',' and \Some -- day,\ gets Some-day, however the result I want is: Some-day, What is the correct syntax for that? Uh, \Some -- day\, maybe? -- David Kastrup

Re: quotes and commas in lyrics

2013-06-20 Thread Carl Peterson
\Some -- day,\ is grammatically correct. Commas and periods usually go inside the quotation mark, but other punctuation marks only if they are part of the actual quotation. Cheers, Carl On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 4:33 AM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Gerard McConnell gerine...@gmail.com

Re: quotes and commas in lyrics

2013-06-20 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Carl, \Some -- day,\ is grammatically correct. Commas and periods usually go inside the quotation mark, but other punctuation marks only if they are part of the actual quotation. Actually, that depends on the style guide being used by the particular publication, and regional

Re: quotes and commas in lyrics

2013-06-20 Thread Urs Liska
Am 20.06.2013 16:23, schrieb Kieren MacMillan: Hi Carl, \Some -- day,\ is grammatically correct. Commas and periods usually go inside the quotation mark, but other punctuation marks only if they are part of the actual quotation. Actually, that depends on the style guide being used by the

Re: quotes and commas in lyrics

2013-06-20 Thread Carl Peterson
And I wrote the response before I'd had any caffeine for the day, so I didn't pick up that Gerard specifically wanted Some-day, instead of Some-day, On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi Carl, \Some -- day,\ is grammatically correct.