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To: R. Balan who wrote (3262)	7/25/1999 3:39:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) of 4711

Thank you for your kind words, Roberto! In the case of Mr. A, I would be inclined to say that "Mr. A. is dead," or "Mr. A. died yesterday/last week." Personally, I find both "passed on" and "passed away" to be prissy circumlocutions, of the type that are used when we are speaking about something...um.....indecent. (At the same time, I think your remark about oblique implications is on target.) Double quotes and single quotes. Double quotes are always correct, unless you are quoting within a quotation, as follows: "Mr. Jones told me that he was reading 'The Wealth of Nations.'" "What is this!" she exclaimed. "My exact words were 'Come see me Saturday.' Why are you showing up today? It's only Thursday!" I will confess that I have been incautious enough to write this without consulting any reference book, because the correct usage seemed self-evident to me. But if I am wrong -- and the incautious often are wrong -- I will get back to you and apologize and dump ashes all over my head... <g> jbe

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