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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (2375)4/28/1999 7:03:00 PM
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<<So be assured I enjoyed the phrase "as is". >>

Would someone care to run by us the rules about when punctuation must be enclosed within the quote, or the parenthesis, and when it may be left out, as you have done here, Lather.

I keep forgetting, partly, probably, because I think the rule is unreasonable in some cases; less so in British usage than in American.
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