L.M., that someone was probably me. I can't stand the outside-the-marks-style. I get that it's logically more functional, but it just looks awful and clunky and puts awkward gaps and pauses in the flow. I like punctuation for the way it facilitates reading, not for its structural consistency.
If you were going to be super logical, for instance, dave's example really sould be:
As a wise man once said, "You pays your money, and you takes your choice.".
But society seems to have agreed that one period is enough at the end of a sentence - thank goodness!
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If you were going to be super logical, for instance, dave's example really sould be:
As a wise man once said, "You pays your money, and you takes your choice.".
But society seems to have agreed that one period is enough at the end of a sentence - thank goodness!
- sally mckay 5-30-2011 7:54 pm