RARA-AVIS: Re: Cain and Thompson Question

From: ejmd (ejmd__@ntlworld.com)
Date: 18 Aug 2009

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            Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:12 pm (PDT)

    > They often reset the quotations marks, as the British are "backwards'
    of ours. LOL
    >
    > I have several that way. Drives me nuts.

    I'm sure someone on here will have the definitive answer (there must be a publisher or two), but I think that changes to the inverted commas are less likely to be a deliberate choice than a consequence of using a particular font or character set, or perhaps a language setting in the markup.

    ED

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