Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: The Technocrats Control Our Food Supply Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:38:52 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <96915e67-8420-4227-b275-598ac4b6ef49@googlegroups.com> <45070958-2ba3-4a41-8b84-8eb501fb088a@googlegroups.com> <73db4db2-a7d8-43eb-aafd-2cc2bca10c31@googlegroups.com> <56f7a8ee-33c8-430a-86b6-3403cdc0ff93@googlegroups.com> <21c3228e-b010-4b78-a72e-3e62df5ff7c4@googlegroups.com> <7ea407de-bae9-4ba5-b6d5-6c977023d827@googlegroups.com> <60501588-a206-454f-bff0-af73e7553190@googlegroups.com> <8661402b-0b29-48d3-bdc0-adbe526ca917@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: n4wpt9zq8xR26Ttf9mo2BA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:36704 On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:06:00 -0500, Elizabeth D. Rather wrote: > On 2/19/15 12:29 AM, Rod Pemberton wrote: >> Yes, I'm aware I don't always put comma's and question >> marks inside quotes, as it's common for many programmers >> to NOT do so, including most people here. > > Thanks, Rod, I agree with most of your observations. But I have a couple > of picky issues with the paragraph above: > > First, we don't use apostrophes to make plurals, so the issue is about > commas and question marks inside quotes. > > Second, IMO the placement of commas, periods, and question marks with > respect to quotes depends on whether the quoted word or words is part of > the sentence: > > He said, "This is easy!" (quotes contain a sentence) > The correct spelling is "commas". (quotes contain just a special term) Personally, I'm fine with that, although I'm unsure as to it's correctness. It's usually easy to stuff an extra word at the end of a sentence so that the quote isn't near punctuation. Although, I would ask if you're missing a colon in the latter sentence. It would seem so to me, due to the spoken pause, but sources on correct use of colons are conflicting. Congratulations! I don't see any spelling errors in your reply, as has been normal for you recently ... Did you turn on the spell check? I generally don't use one, unless it's for something important. And, I was somewhat surprised to learn that "thanks" is actually a word. At least, it's a word according to online version of Merriam Webster. I was always taught that it wasn't and that one should use "thank you." So, I guess I need to watch on my apostrophes. It seems I'm now inserting them where I know they don't go. Rod Pemberton