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Subject:RE: Punctuation in quotes -- American style From:"Courtney, Robert" <Robert -dot- Courtney -at- sorin -dot- com> To:" (techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:18:27 +0000
Ah, punch cards..... paper tape, 96 card punch... those were the days.
Bob
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From: techwr-l-bounces+robert -dot- courtney=sorin -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+robert -dot- courtney=sorin -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Gene Kim-Eng
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 3:00 PM
To: Janoff, Steven
Cc: TECHWR-L Writers
Subject: Re: Punctuation in quotes -- American style
Depends on how many years you're talking about. The potential for the problem has existed ever since we started writing instructions that tell people what text to type into a command. I typed my first command on a punch card back in 1971.
Gene Kim-Eng
On 8/19/2013 2:38 PM, Janoff, Steven wrote:
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> We didn't have this problem years ago.
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