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On Jul 2, 12:49pm, Wiley, Karen P. wrote:
> Subject: Re: PUNCTATION AND QUOTATION
> As I have always understood it, periods and commas go inside the quotation
> marks always; semicolons, colons, and question marks, unless part of the
> actual quotation, go outside.
>
> Karen Wiley
> The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
> karen_wiley -at- jhuapl -dot- edu
>
>-- End of excerpt from Wiley, Karen P.
That's true, except in UK English, where I believe the rule is everything goes
outside the quotation marks.
I know: This has already been discussed but TOUGH NOOGGIES!
--
Danny Wood
dwood -at- ssi -dot- navtech -dot- com
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