> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Vickery > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:36 AM > > I agree wholeheartedly. I went back and forth about this with a > coworker. The American English rule of putting all punctuation inside > the quotation marks, even for lists of terms seems nutty to me. As I learned it, it's even nuttier than that: short punctuation (. and ,) goes inside the quotes; tall punctuation (; : ? !) goes outside. The explanation I read somewhere is that it was from the days of manual typesetting, when typesetters would do this to save space (I think the period and comma went directly under the quotes in those days, but I'm not sure.) Could be an urban legend for all I know.
Bob "Let what comes come, Let what goes go, Find out what remains" --Sri Ramana Maharshi > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bill Swallow > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:21 AM > To: Sue Heim > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TCP] Article: Houston, We Have a Shuttle Typo > > I use UK punctuation, particularly with quotes. Makes more sense to > me. I dunno, somehow this: > > Can you believe he said "I think you're an idiot"? > > makes more sense than: > > Can you believe he said "I think you're an idiot?" > > On 7/13/07, Sue Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, that's not that bad. Seriously. The sign was made with EN > > spelling, even though the name of the shuttle honors the UK. Heck, I > > misspell EN and UK stuff all the time (I dunno, but I always spell > behavior > > with a "u" as in "behaviour"). > > -- > Bill Swallow ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
