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Re: ellipsis

Hear, hear!  Not all US writers bend to the obsolete illogic of placing
non-quoted punctuation marks inside quotes.  I flat-out refuse to do so.

Suzette Seveny wrote:
> . . . Our schools (and I know because I recently checked) teach
> grammar and punctuation rules similar to the UK.  All punctuation is placed
> outside of quotation marks, unless the punctuation is part of the quoted
> materials.  I write for both Canadian and American audiences (different
> material), so I try to stay aware of each country's style and idiosyncrasies.

-- 
Carolyn Stallard
Documentation Manager
Coastek, Inc.

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