Well I suppose he should have said "Hi." too, rather than his more meek
version. ;)
Anyway, I'm starting to develop a complex here, this is the second
grammatically focussed peeved response I've provoked with my mails. :) I'm
certainly learning a few things about English.
As for pet peeves, what really peeves me, is poor eating habits. Um, on
second thoughts, better not get into that...
Brett.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 10:51 PM
Subject: [REBOL] Search for " in Strings Re:(2)
>
> >The following is a literal string that contains two double quotes
> >
> > >> print {He said "hi".}
> > He said "hi".
> >
>
> <g>Well, to be grammatically correct, it should be:
>
> >> print {He said "hi."}
> He said "hi."
>
> Sorry, can't resist a correction. As an author, editor, and publisher AND
> programmer, this is one of my pet peeves. Punctuation goes inside the
quote.
> Syntax counts in English as well as REBOL.
>
> --Ralph
>
>
