I know this is well off-topic, but still, it irks me no end to see
poor grammar perpetuated:
Glenn wrote:
>John asked Jane, "Good morning Jane. What html tag can be used to
"fully-preserve" everything within it's boundaries"? (including ""
symbols)? Jane replied: "To my knowledge, no such html tag exists".
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Quotes within quotes use the opposite mark than that which
delineated the start of the outer quote. If, as in America, the
outer quote begins with double quotes ("), then quotes within are
delineated with single quotes ('); if, as in England, the outer
quote is delineated with single quotes, then the inner is marked by
double quotes.
Another sore point: "it's" is a contraction meaning "it is";
THIS IS NOT THE POSSESSIVE FORM OF "IT". "Its" is the correct form,
as in "its boundaries".
Punctuation which is part of a quote should be included inside
the quote.
Acronyms are usually presented in all-caps.
The above example, with the afore-mentioned errors corrected:
John asked Jane, "Good morning, Jane. What HTML tag can be used
to 'fully-preserve' everything within its boundaries (including ""
symbols)?"
Jane replied: "To my knowledge, no such HTML tag exists."
So now, I suppose this makes me the grammar deputy?
Terri FitzSimons
