Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:25:37 +0000 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/cp cp.1 Message-ID: <421F1941.4020301@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050225121550.25686D-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050225121550.25686D-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote:
> I'm told this is actually a regionalism -- in American English,
> punctuation is always placed inside the quotation, but in British English,
> the preference is outside.
To be more precise, the preference is "wherever makes logical sense". If
one is quoting a complete sentence, then it is acceptable to include the
terminating punctuation within the quotation.
> At least, so I'm told, but it could be rumors
^^^^^^
and you seem to be missing a "u". :-)
Colin Percival
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