Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 01:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/38283: Missing period in section 2.9.11 of the Handbook Message-ID: <200205200810.g4K8A3C33649@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/38283; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> To: Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/38283: Missing period in section 2.9.11 of the Handbook Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 08:00:29 +0000 Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org> wrote: > --- chapter.sgml.org Sun May 19 11:31:25 2002 > +++ chapter.sgml Sun May 19 12:23:27 2002 > @@ -3897,7 +3897,7 @@ > > <para>The screen will go blank for a short period of time and > then a screen will appear with the message > - <quote>Congratulations, you've got a running server!</quote></para> > + <quote>Congratulations, you've got a running server!</quote>.</para> I think this is correct as it is. U.S. convention is to put closing punctuation inside the quote. Although this isn't always followed, especially in technical documents where "dd." and "dd" may mean different things, I don't think I've seen any reasons to duplicate punctuation like you suggest above. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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