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Re:Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation ov... by srachamim on Friday September 17, 2021 @07:35PM (#28572076)
As a programmer I prefer to avoid the semicolon cancer, so I think best is to get rid of the final period.

> Dr Johnson kicked a large rock and said, as his foot rebounded, “I refute it thus”

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Re:Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation ov... by Bhristovski on Friday September 17, 2021 @07:41PM (#28572113)
Btw for what it’s worth, Dr Johnson’s so-called refutation was a total failure. He only confirmed he had totally misunderstood what Berkeley was getting at.
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