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Subject:Re: okay, back to work From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 14 Jul 1994 12:47:48 -0700
David L. Bergart said:
> Does the smiley go inside the punctuation 8-)?
> Or does it go outside? 8-)
Depends on the punctuation. I put it inside parentheses, commas,
and semicolons, but outside periods, question marks, quotation
marks (unless it's part of the quotation), and exclamation points.
Some people use it instead of punctuation, though.
