25 Jan
2012
25 Jan
'12
10:35 p.m.
"Jim" == Jim Adcock <jimad@msn.com> writes:
>>> I don't send up plain text with curly quotes at all. Marcello> That is a mistake.... Jim> I'm curious if anyone has any idea what percentage of Jim> submitted texts use "curlies" vs. just punting and going with Jim> ASCII-style "straights" ? My assumption has been that the Jim> great majority of submitted texts just use "straights." When I checked 10 consecutive random ones, 9 used straight quotes. IIRC they were 10 different submitters. Some of the DP perfectionists say that they like them better. Carlo