In a message dated 2/24/2009 12:53:39 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: She says that the period always goes inside the quotes, no matter what.
I guess it's just more of that pernicious Americanization of our language and culture. Soon we'll be going to the "theater" down near the "harbor" with our "neighbors". It's enough to make me want to grab a "lite" beer... ;-) cheers, frank ========= It's business English which has its own subset of rules. Normally, in business English -- formal letters, etc., punctuation always goes inside the end quote. Not the way I grew up doing it, but then they change the rules all the time. So I am pretty careful to do it that way now. Marnie :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************You're invited to Hollywood's biggest party: Get Oscars updates, red carpet pics and more at Moviefone. (http://movies.aol.com/oscars-academy-awards?ncid=emlcntusmovi00000001) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
