Language and English

From: Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
Date: Fri Jan 4 14:53:46 2002

>
> Should this tradition continue in an age where fragility of movable type
> is no longer a real concern, and punctuation placed inside quotation marks
> has the real possibility of confusing meaning?
>
> Example:
>
> At the SCM prompt, type, "SHOW BOOT."
>
> At the SCM prompt, type, "SHOW BOOT".
>
> Which one is correct?
>

That would depend if this were part of a COBOL program or not.

BRYAN.
Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 14:53:46 GMT