[bksvol-discuss] Re: British quotes
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:11:04 -0700 (PDT)
Definitely. That's why I said only replace the double quote with a single quote
globally. I couldn't think of any problem with that, though maybe there is one
I couldn't think of. The other way around won't work, as you say, with a
replace all. That would have to be done one at a time. smile
Cindy
--- On Sat, 8/16/08, Amy Goldring Tajalli <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> From: Amy Goldring Tajalli <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: British quotes
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008, 5:46 AM
> Would not "replace all" for single quotations also
> run the risk of having all single quotation marks, including
> those indicating possession [Amy's book] and
> contractions [it's, can't, etc.] would become
> double quotation marks. I find it distracting enough when
> the computer puts a space before apostrophes and the reader
> reads "Tom space apostrophe s" or " Tom s
> " and then continues on with no apostrophe mentioned. I
> find I have to go back, since the reader has continue on
> before I catch that something is weird, and figure out that
> it was supposed to read "Toms" without the
> apostrophe mentioned. In context. the possessive is clear.
>
> Amy
> omsm
>
> --
> It if be now, 'tis not to come,
> If it be not to come, it will be now,
> If it be now now, Yet it will come.
> The readiness is all.
> Wm. Shakespeare
> -------------- Original message from Cindy
> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>: --------------
>
>
> > But wouldn't that mean he's lose all the work
> he'd done so far?
> > I think you could replace the double quote with a
> single quote. You probably could do it with Replace All
> rather than one at a time, unless there are also
> > quotes within quotes, if you know what I mean.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 8/15/08, Jill O'Connell wrote:
> >
> > > From: Jill O'Connell
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: British quotes
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 9:08 PM
> > > I would release the book and immediately download
> it again
> > > and preserve it
> > > as it was originally.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Rick Roderick"
> > >
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 5:42 PM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] British quotes
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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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