Re: [OT] Re: `` ", ` '

From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 18:28:52 EST

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Mark Davis scripsit:

> A good algorithm has to be even smarter, so that, for example,
> ...--("this")--... works.

Yes, a left context of ( seems to force an initial quote also,
and likewise with [, but < does not; the sequence <" generates a
right quote, at least in Word 97.

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