Re: Tone Marks

Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> Funny, I have kind of the same marks (except that I put them after the
> syllable).
Most conventions do, but Jim Carter's argument is that you need to know
the tone first of all when you are pronouncing the syllable; finding out
at the end of the syllable is too late.  It's like the Spanish
conventions for questions and exclamations.

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