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To: jbe who wrote (3259)	7/25/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: R. Balan	Read Replies (2) of 4711

Fascinating thread, indeed! I've two questions, which have been troubling me for some time. When someone dies, the common expression is 'Mr. A has passed away'. Of late, I hear many people saying, "Mr. A has passed on". Does it obliquely imply that there is an after-life and the person has just passed through the transient state? Am I reading too much into it? Even in some of the scholarly writings, I find the authors using single quotes and double quotes interchangeably. Since I'm not very clear about the convention, I invariably use double quotes. What are the proper rules for using them? I certainly enjoy reading each and every contribution and thanks to everybody! Roberto

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