Scott Richardson:
>Interestingly, in the 6th edition (1994) of the CBE Manual, the Council of
>Biology Editors, Inc has changed its view on period placement. The closing
>period now goes after the closing quotation mark, the "characteristically
>British preference".

Now, how many of you know that some of these punctuation differences
between Britain and the US arose intentionally as a way of
differentiating books published in the colonies from those
published in the Muhta Country?

Can't vouch for the "." vs. "". controversy, though.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>