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Re: To .jpg or not
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Re: To .jpg or not


  • Subject: Re: To .jpg or not
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 16:39:41 -0700

On Mar 21, 2004, at 11:34 AM, BJ Terry wrote:

Ironically, I never was able to reconstruct your error, the script always simply failed, or worked for either "test" or "test.jpg". (I dislike situations like this, in which I am unsure whether to put the period inside the quotation marks or not. Inside of the quotation marks it spoils the literal nature of the contained text. Outside, it breaks the convention that periods come before quotation marks.)

When convention interferes with clarity and accuracy, convention goes outside the window.

Besides, it is not a universal convention; the British put the period outside the quotation marks unless a complete sentence is being quoted.

-- Michelle

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