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Article #672Re: Which Makes Most Sense?
From: Colin Fine
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:24
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:24
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Flying Tortoise wrote: > Prisoner at War wrote: > >> Hi, All: >> >> Is it written "95 in 100 samples" or "95 in a 100 samples"? Does "100" >> mean "one hundred" or "a hundred"? If you were to read the statement >> "95 in 100 samples" out loud, what do you say for "100"? >> >> And what's the deal with stuff like putting question marks inside >> quotation marks? I understand that typographically it looks better to >> tuck everything within quotes, though logically it might lead to the >> implication that the question mark is a part of the quote (say, in the >> case of the title of an article). I've seen it done both ways, >> actually, on the NYT website.... >> >> >> TIA! > > 95 in 100 .... or .... ninety-five in a hundred, never mix 'em! > > Question marks should be placed inside the quotation marks only if the > material in quotes is a question. If the quote forms part of a question > but is not the question, then the punctuation goes outside as logic > dictates. Punctuation is supposed to help you read what the author > intends, after all! > Ah. You've found somebody who is willing to give you a clear prescription. Congratulations. Now all you have to do is decide whether to trust his/her authority. (I'm not casting aspersions on Flying Tortoise: I'm just not interested in prescriptive answers or questions that elicit them). Colin
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