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Michael Press
Guest
In article <[email protected]>,
Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> in 488367 20051012 235926 MagillaGorilla <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >The definition of a dumbass is someone who thinks a period goes outside
> >of quotation marks.
>
> But it does! (except in US English).
Has the matter been settled in Dear Old Blighty?
Henry Fowler gave several column inches to it.
The two sysems are the conventional, stop inside inverted
commas; and the logical, stop outside inverted commas.
There is a lively debate, making this excellent fodder for
rbr.
Quoting _Modern_English_Usage_:
The conventional system is more favoured by editors' and
publishers' rules. But there are important exceptions, and
it is to be hoped that these will make their influence
felt. The conventional system flouts common sense, and it
is not easy for the plain man to se what merit it is
supposed to have to outweigh that defect; even the more
pleasing apperance claimed for it is not likely to go
unquestioned.
--
Michael Press
Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> in 488367 20051012 235926 MagillaGorilla <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >The definition of a dumbass is someone who thinks a period goes outside
> >of quotation marks.
>
> But it does! (except in US English).
Has the matter been settled in Dear Old Blighty?
Henry Fowler gave several column inches to it.
The two sysems are the conventional, stop inside inverted
commas; and the logical, stop outside inverted commas.
There is a lively debate, making this excellent fodder for
rbr.
Quoting _Modern_English_Usage_:
The conventional system is more favoured by editors' and
publishers' rules. But there are important exceptions, and
it is to be hoped that these will make their influence
felt. The conventional system flouts common sense, and it
is not easy for the plain man to se what merit it is
supposed to have to outweigh that defect; even the more
pleasing apperance claimed for it is not likely to go
unquestioned.
--
Michael Press