<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Meho R. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mehor@gmx.com">mehor@gmx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
As for quotes, John hasn't answered my question: aren't straight quotation marks considered an error in english? I've witnessed a lot of typographical discussions among professional book designers and typesetters, but I've never seen a single one of them who's been using straight quotes. So, I'm curious, why would John choose them over the common curly quotes?<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Assuming, as I would prefer not to have to do, the John you refer to is me, my answer is going to be a qualified one. Straight quotes are NOT considered an error in English in the USA. In typography, straight quotes are considered improper by traditional typography standards, however, in many other forms of composition, they are definitely NOT considered an error or improper, but, rather are accepted as proper notation. My apologies for failing to answer your question. I took is as rhetorical rather than a request for information.<br>
</div></div>-- <br>John Ghormley KJ4UFG<br>Editor, SERA <i>Repeater Journal</i><br>Walkertown, NC USA<br><a href="mailto:editor@sera.org" target="_blank">editor@sera.org</a><br><br>