[bksvol-discuss] Re: British quotes
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:46:59 -0700 (PDT)
Just for clarification, and maybe it's being picky, but Rik is using the
correct terminology--single quotes are theoretically different from
apostrophes, though I admit that they look exactly alike, whether on the
keyboard or handwritten or typed on the old typewriters. I guess the
difference is function rather than form. smile
A fun book to read that is in the collection is Eat, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynn
Truss. It explains a lot of the differences in British and U.S. punctuation
usage and the importance of punctuation and the history in general.
Cindy
--- On Fri, 8/15/08, Rick Roderick <rickrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rick Roderick <rickrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] British quotes
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 5:42 PM
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am validating a book written by an American seminary
> professor but
> originally pubished in England.
>
> The American edition has preserved the British quotes,
> mostly single. When
> I started validating, I didn't realize this and
> didn't know the difference.
>
> After changing the quotes to American style, do I keep
> going the way I am,
> release the book and download it again, preserving the
> quotes the way the
> were.
>
> What I don't want to do is have half one-way and half
> the other.
>
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