Re: [PATCH] Minor grammar and typographical changes to the book

In message <a06001f07bb7ab8b81d04@[10.1.6.64]>
          Jack Repenning <jrepenning@collab.net> wrote:

> At 3:35 PM -0400 8/31/03, Greg Hudson wrote:
> >Mainstream English style demands the punctuation goes inside the
> >quotes.
>
> I think this is exclusively an American style, isn't it?

At school we were taught that this is the "traditional" style. The
"modern" or "logical" style being to place the punctuation outside the
quotes. My English teacher was of the opinion that the modern style made
more sense so we should feel free to use it if we wanted.

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