Re: Typographical psuedo selectors

On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Clover Andrew wrote:
>
> Ian Hickson <ianh@hixie.ch> suggested:
> 
>> 4) Do nothing, and promote logical English. :-)
> 
> My preferred option too! I find 'comma inside quotation' and 'italicised
> comma' not only confusingly ambiguous but also really quite ugly.
> 
> The alt.english.usage FAQ credits this typographical convention to
> mechanical concerns with older metal type, with the implication that it
> best be discarded in this day and age. I'm not certain of the truth of
> this but I would certainly like to see the back of ',"'!

Souldn't that be ``',"!'?''

er. never mind.

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