On 2015-10-09, Liviu Andronic wrote: ...
>>> Besides checking everything that may go wrong, remember that the >>> second most important part of the job is to say "no"! And that's not >>> the easiest part. >> Out of curiosity, what French typography dictates for a punctuation sign >> after a double quote? Shouldn't it be inside the quotes? 8-) > Isn't this an English peculiarity? I can't remember seeing > end-of-phrase punctuation marks within quotes in any other language... At least in German, the rule is: put the punctuation where it belongs -- either the quote or the enclosing sentence. * The Duden says: "A complete sencentce is enclosed including the punctuation." * Partial sentences or single words are quoted without punctuation. In the above example, it depends on the exact meaning: * to say "No!" -- shout/speak/write the imperative "No!". * to say "no"! -- reject something (but maybe in this case the quotes should be better left out alltogether). Günter
