OT: Spelling/punctuation/grammar (was Re: OT: Sci-fi (was...))

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 08:49:50AM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Please punctuate the following:
> 
>     John, where Nancy had had "had", had had "had had".  "Had had" had had a
>     better effect.

Note that I use British punctuation on the quotes, also referred to as
"rational" or "hackish" punctuation.  Traditional American punctuation
-- which can lead to some nasty opaqueness of meaning -- would have put
the comma and period inside the quoted string.

Cheers,
-- jra
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