RE: Colons and Quotations in Tech Manuals

["Cook, Jenise" <jenise -dot- cook-crabbe -at- pacificlife -dot- com>]

<Lin said....>
-----Original Message-----
From: Lin Sims [mailto:linda -dot- sims -at- verizon -dot- net]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 1:10 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Colons and Quotations in Tech Manuals

British, from _The Oxford Guide to English Usage_:

    The closing quotation mark should come before all punctuation 
    marks unless these form part of the quotation itself . . .

======My response===========

I'm an American, schooled in America (Southern California). My teachers all
taught me/us the Oxford/Old British way, as Lin quotes above. IMVHO, it
makes logical sense to me. Plus, as a Spanish major, the Oxford usage was
reinforced. Now, I have to force myself to follow the American style that my
fellow TWs use easily.

I'm feeling like I'm the only American schooled in the Oxford/Old British
style. I like it, and I use it unless told not to. Any others out there like
me?

Jenise

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