Jerry Baker wrote: > > Ron Hunter says: > > Jay Garcia wrote: > >> > >> On 17/08/02 01:19, Brian Heinrich Replied As Follows: > >> > >> --- Original Message --- > >> > >> > Fair 'nuff, I guess. However, since he bases his argument on typewriters > >> > /v/ computer typography (apparently), and since the convention antedates the > >> > common use of the typewriter and fixed-pitch fonts, I would still say that, > >> > of necessity, he is wrong. But it's not that big a deal. . . . > >> > > >> > /b. > >> > > >> > >> Type up an English term paper and double space after a period ending a > >> sentence ... YOU FAIL !!! Don't argue with my daughter the English major > >> !! :-) > >> > >> So long as it's "readable" I could care less. > >> > >> -- > >> Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion > >> Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI > >> UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org > >> ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email ** > > > > Yeah, Jay, but they teach people to spell 'tomatoe' as 'tomato'. Leaving off > > that 'e' saves ink in newspapers and publishing, but it changes the way the > > word would be pronounced, and is 'wrong'. I too was an English major, and > > practices often change, albeit slowly, as some of us just aren't going to go > > along with such uncivilized practices as putting ending punctuation inside a > > quotation mark at the end of a quotation that ends a sentence. What goes in > > the quotation marks is THE QUOTATION, NOT the punctuation for the sentence > > containing it. Anyone can see what confusion the current practice might > > cause. > > The Brits got it right on that one, I have to agree. There are many > times where the punctuation being inside the quotes just doesn't look > right. I don't know who thought up that rule, and why the Americans > deviated from the mother tongue's conventions on that. > > -- > Jerry Baker
Looking right really isn't so much of a concern to me, but changing the meaning of the quotation by including the overall sentence punctuation within the quote marks is downright misleading, and shows lack of respect for the original author. -- Ron Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
