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To: Suzette Seveny <sseveny@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: ellipsis
From: Bill Briggs <web@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 12:15:18 -0400
Cc: "'Thomas Regner'" <tom_regner@xxxxxxx>, "Snavely, Deborah" <dsnavely@xxxxxxxx>, "'framers@xxxxxxxxx'" <framers@xxxxxxxxx>
In-Reply-To: <01BE2363.ECA19720.sseveny@petvalu.com>
Sender: owner-framers@xxxxxxxxx
At 11:06 AM -0500 9/12/98, Suzette Seveny wrote: >I don't believe that this is merely a stylistic issue. Rules of grammar and >punctuation differ depending on the country for which you are writing. In >Canada for example, we do not automatically default to the American >grammar and >punctuation rules. 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. As I wrote to Thomas once before ... "As a Canadian I have the luxury of selecting what I like from British English and American English and am under little pressure or compulsion to subscribe solely to either set of conventions." - web ** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@omsys.com ** ** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body. **