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Subject:Re: Quote Marks From:Wolf Lahti <wduby -at- PACCAR -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 9 Jan 1996 09:22:22 -0800
Whether punctuation falls outside or within the quote marks depends on
whether you are parsing logically or following a stylistic convention. Even
logic, though, can be carried to extremes, as in
The question Mark asked was, "How do we get this sytem on line?".
Silly, isn't it?
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"I hate quotations!"
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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