Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 01:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/38283: Missing period in section 2.9.11 of the Handbook Message-ID: <200205200820.g4K8K3234631@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The following reply was made to PR docs/38283; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.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 10:11:47 +0200 On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 08:00:29AM +0000, Dima Dorfman wrote: > 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. It's just not the full stop of the sentence, the "!" is from a message displayed on the screen, the punctuation of that message shouldn't override the punctuation of the sentence. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200205200820.g4K8K3234631>