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Re: USAGE: -i/yse vs -i/yze in England (and what the heck, NZ too).

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Sunday, December 16, 2001, 15:05
Tristan Alexander McLeay scripsit:

> Why put punctuation marks within a quote when they don't belong there?
The American tradition is the conservative one in this case, and the reason is typographical aesthetics: a full stop standing outside quotation marks looks odd separated from its word. But I agree that logic trumps typography here, and always use the Commonwealth style myself. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan