Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:42:19 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/38283: Missing period in section 2.9.11 of the Handbook Message-ID: <20020520084219.GA5871@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <200205200820.g4K8K3234631@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200205200820.g4K8K3234631@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 01:20:03AM -0700, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > 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. You're correct, I think. I was going to reply and say the same as Dima did, but then I saw the '!' is inside the quotation. Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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