First, the ` is not a quote mark: it is a grave accent/ Second, it also doesn/t say that you can/t use a slash/ say/ instead of a comma/ apostrophe/ or period/ But that doesn/t mean it/s a good idea/
Mark __________________________________ http://www.macchiato.com ► “Eppur si muove” ◄ ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Starner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 21:02 Subject: Re: Header Reply-To > On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 02:08:45AM +0100, Stefan Persson wrote: > > It doesn't follow the ASCII standard as far as quotation marks are > > concerned. > > ASCII never specifies how the quote marks are to be used; that's outside > its scope. If someone wants to use `` '' to mark quoted material, it's > hardly fine typography, but it's not wrong. > > -- > David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom-- > A field where a thousand corpses lie. > -- Stephen Crane, "War is Kind" > >
