Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I think all this talk about quoting and ending quotes is "irregaurdless";;;(sorry);;;jh ============================================================================ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ == 97 M Edition Green Car Member of Mensa since 1985,,,uh I think - -----Original Message----- From: Michael D. Turner <mike@lcl-imaging.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 5:43 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica unquote >One might conclude from all this that the word "unquote" is in very wide >usage, as acknowledged by all these dictionary citations, but its use >irritates some people greatly. How about an alternative? > >You said: <Q>Merriam-Webster's WWWebster Dictionary:....</Q>. > >That way whether "</Q>" means "unquote" or "end quote" remains happily >ambiguous. Of course """ can be either "begin quote" or "end quote"--even >better! >;) >-Mike >