From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 19:21:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 464CA16A4CF; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:21:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEC1B43D39; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:21:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mobile.pittgoth.com (ip68-230-188-82.dc.dc.cox.net [68.230.188.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1PJKuKw069025 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:20:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:20:49 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Colin Percival Message-ID: <20050225142049.524548d0@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <421F1941.4020301@freebsd.org> References: <421F1941.4020301@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: Robert Watson cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: Bruce Evans Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/cp cp.1 X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:21:04 -0000 On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:25:37 +0000 Colin Percival wrote: > 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". :-) Heh, we cut Robert some slack since he's a recent move to the country. Well, you guys should cut slack, I'm still living in the US. :P -- Tom Rhodes