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Subject:Re: Inch vs. right quote From:KLShaw <KLShaw -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:19:09 -0800
Barbara J. Philbrick wrote:
<< Is there a typographic difference between the inch symbol and the
> typographic right quote? >>
The GPO Manual of Style suggests "in" as the abbreviation. FWIW I avoid
abbreviating inch because it's too easy to mistake " for ' (i.e., inches
for feet & vice versa).
Kim Shaw
Words & Graphics Inc.
KLShaw -at- ix -dot- netcom -dot- com
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