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   John W Kennedy to Dorothy J Heydt   
   Re: Punctuation and grammar help, please   
   05 Jul 14 20:44:18   
   
   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-07-04 17:13:11 +0000, Dorothy J Heydt said:   
   > If you're American, the primary quotation   
   > marks are double, the secondary (inside the primary, as 'Phoebe')   
   > single.  If British, the other way around.   
      
   Unless you’re Dorothy L. Sayers, who apparently loathed the British   
   convention.   
      
   --   
   John W Kennedy   
   "'Your art then,' said Vertue, 'seems to teach men that the best way of   
   being happy is to enjoy unbroken good fortune in every respect. They   
   would not all find the advice helpful.'"   
     -- C. S. Lewis.  "The Pilgrim's Regress"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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