From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 633F61F9FC for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:38:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230092AbhCSShu (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:37:50 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:52552 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229912AbhCSShl (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:37:41 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-x336.google.com (mail-ot1-x336.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::336]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F6BDC06174A for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:37:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ot1-x336.google.com with SMTP id o19-20020a9d22130000b02901bfa5b79e18so9454137ota.0 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:37:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6PR2ERHP/mxp/mnJiO0WiQtlarMEDz4U0XpyeabniuU=; b=iHRapMvDSLNZmDwNvzEcSGC6y5bs8gzJNxHvO9wZHJ0jUFO231Ad/cWGElBxFt0qzF dzv+H2rzmUGaM3KkWMKfskewF1LJu0c087V4JwPkY36+WYa/MKUWq0TGvwOL6Iu5pEe5 5ixiYWzfqCrvgFYfYHthQF9OkwQ+JTcmWPwGCbGQHZIBieazOT1ML3uC94MVZyj4+WZh 5wjLv9rL8/R48h5Rvrmrdh8CjKcpFbGihvnuy7RD4eAESSWzWFNxbMMWoScPARXU7f3q DCLjMBr1RbTCXUC9eQs/RLtTCfhrIaa5+ueeYIHnoMP3He0hYc79gYIa559fHGP6jGwp 0/qw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=6PR2ERHP/mxp/mnJiO0WiQtlarMEDz4U0XpyeabniuU=; b=ZImNvXtu97L5rec5glQ0f+mbciNTTqHftJK7iVjZjFfM5u+TIEo0xftvg1XXWuFL33 8nMV+gYy1cQCUJQvt5qvU5O6MMftzH0gXXXeGacYpgvRTNWe2XiZPJk7QV5p/eEHjaKU j/2WZvvEzpwJSgnoLhO07XipVl161vztz2MrPHfcyslzpZduBtJEo2TUK0uSxGqB40Ps vRhVoUNZbHH0MaePs3/YryNUCoXNMzDGN1m6AAl1b7I02CkxSZ9fQpyncpZ88WeG3jWP +f37DsjX+bli6fLqNiOYyQh1EEWXDkUcmgb8T+psy9D/d4WcBrrvRmhxzlf3q9nr2tVB OFLg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531fiEZFJwf6XdZ+cJMJrhb6gF/bcJbfJdN9OhdtP5LoGQYT9pK8 snxcTGO+6vNO9qa1MDGWnl9KJUhn4xmOsA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyAY8gwksDB4TzuIO4hZ/A7BH7AdTljwE+N6k4z/ceOJRMzqHbAmR4ElJAyFe/EPNH5RmbYYg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:817:: with SMTP id r23mr2121738ots.234.1616179060558; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:37:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2600:1700:e72:80a0:7c62:2958:a423:b37b? ([2600:1700:e72:80a0:7c62:2958:a423:b37b]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w1sm1399100oop.1.2021.03.19.11.37.39 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:37:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix a typo in git-maintenance documentation To: Junio C Hamano , Nils Leif Fischer via GitGitGadget , Derrick Stolee Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Nils Leif Fischer , Nils Leif Fischer References: From: Derrick Stolee Message-ID: <8a73d5c2-831c-8e9e-5f21-2f8ef24dfa42@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:37:38 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 3/19/2021 1:55 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Nils Leif Fischer via GitGitGadget" >> gc:: >> Clean up unnecessary files and optimize the local repository. "GC" >> - stands for "garbage collection," but this task performs many >> + stands for "garbage collection", but this task performs many > > Isn't this merely an American style vs British style issue? Yes, I believe so. > https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks > https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/british-versus-american-style.html > https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/quotation_marks/more_quotation_mark_rules.html Specifically, this quote from your first link: Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks in American English; dashes, colons, and semicolons almost always go outside the quotation marks; question marks and exclamation marks sometimes go inside, sometimes stay outside. The only time I break this is when the exact string matters, such as referencing an exact command with options. In those cases, I try to restructure the sentence to avoid having a comma or period outside of the quote. Thanks, -Stolee