Hray!

People are coincidental and should not be construed.

“In the days when printing used raised bits of metal, “.” and “,” were the most delicate, and were in danger of damage (the face of the piece of type might break off from the body, or be bent or dented from above) if they had a ‘”’ on one side and a blank space on the other. Hence the convention arose of always using ‘.”’ and ‘,”’ rather than ‘”.’ and ‘”,’, regardless of logic.”

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2012-01-03 (Tue)

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