cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:14:05 +0000, Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 03:06:34PM +0000, Remko Lodder wrote:
>> remko       2009-01-05 15:06:34 UTC
>>
>>   FreeBSD doc repository
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml
>>   Log:
>>   Add missing dot.
>
> That's not required.  The question mark is sufficient on its own, even
> within quotes.
>
>> | -	    asks the drive <quote>what is your geometry?</quote> It then
>> | +	    asks the drive <quote>what is your geometry?</quote>. It then

This is true.  It is one of those exceptions of English style that never
stops to `get' me, because in my native language the final fullstop *is*
required in text within «Greek-style quotes».