Patrick Gallagher wrote: > > Ron Hunter wrote: > > 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. > > > > Last I checked, my dictionary says 'tomato', not 'tomatoe'. The e is > appropriate only in the plural version 'tomatoes'. That was one of the > things that got former VP of the US (Quayle) ridiculed... telling > students they forgot the letter e on tomato and potato, when in fact > there isn't one (anymore?) > > -- > > Patrick > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Right, 'anymore'. But when Dan Quayle, and I went to school, there WAS! -- Ron Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
