Re: [PATCH] Various pages: Use 'logical' puntuation method for parentheses

["Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

Hi Michael,

On 1/25/21 8:47 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
[...]
> 
> Yeah, sorry. I misunderstood some of your earlier comments.
> Otherwise, I could have saved you some effort.
> 
> By the way, I think the English system is logical :-). A complete
> sentence includes a period at the end. If that sentence is inside
> parentheses, then the period also belongs inside the parentheses.
> This is actually consistent with the "logical" system for quotes,
> where the reason that in the logical system the period is being
> placed outside the quotes is that the period belongs not to the
> phrase that is being quoted, but is terminating the sentence
> as a whole.
> 
> With respect to parentheses, German is like English:
> https://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/rechtschreibregeln/klammern
> 
> French seems to be the same:
> https://www.la-ponctuation.com/parentheses.html
> http://www.cce.umontreal.ca/capsules/3073.htm
> http://bdl.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/bdl/gabarit_bdl.asp?id=3357
> 
> I am not sure about Italian (I do not speak any Italian).
> Some sites seem to suggest it is like English:
> https://lagrammaticaitaliana.wordpress.com/2019/08/07/le-parentesi/
> 
> Suppose that you have a parenthetical piece that contains
> two complete sentences.[1] Where should the final period
> be placed? (Here is an example. In my opinion, the final
> period logically belongs inside the parentheses.)

Yes, it makes sense to me.

> 
> Quizás los hispanohablantes no son lógicos?

Supongo que después de tantos años usando estructuras ilógicas me había 
acostumbrado.  Ils sont fous, ces Espagnols!  :)

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael
> 
> [1] Yes, having multiple sentences inside patentheses is
> generally frowned on, stylistically. But it is not "wrong".)
> 

Cheers,

Alex

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