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

Matthew Hambley <matthew@aether.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 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.

It's described in the Jargon file. See

     http://catb.org/jargon/html/writing-style.html

-Fitz

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Brian W. Fitzpatrick    <fitz_at_red-bean.com>   http://www.red-bean.com/fitz/
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