Re: To mix or not to mix logical and traditional punctuation in a single document?

Subject: Re: To mix or not to mix logical and traditional punctuation in a single document?
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:30:25 -0800

I do that too, unless I'm using a code / terminal font and no quotes,
for the benefit of the "Where's the any key?" user.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
> I use logical (British) quotation punctuation in my docs when I am
> referring literally to values. For example...
>
>
>
>> Select the field, and then enter "I am a pretty pony".
>
>
>
> For the sake of consistency, I have also been using the British
> convention for everything else. For example...
>
>
>
>> If you entered, "I am a pretty pony", you may want to consider
> psychiatric treatment.
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