"Commas and other punctuation being put before the ending quote mark," said professional copy editor Jim Ellwanger, "is the usual American style."
> On Jan 12, 2024, at 11:04 PM, danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > [Variety] > > Bill Hayes, Longtime Star of 'Days of Our Lives,' [a] > Dies at 98 > > Bill Hayes, a longtime star of the NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives," died > Friday at the age of 98. > > Hayes played the character of Doug Williams on the daytime serial since 1970, > five years after the show's debut. He met his real-life wife, actress Susan > Seaforth, on the series set in the fictional Illinois town of Salem. > ===== > rest: > https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/bill-hayes-dead-days-of-our-lives-doug-williams-1235870941/ > > [a] need a copy editor ruling here. Variety > put that comma before the end-quote mark. > > I think they've got it backwards. > > Discuss... > > _____________________________________________________ > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > [email protected] > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/F22F27E3-C356-469C-8ABF-29DD55EE51DC%40ellwanger.tv.
