RE: RE Stack question

["Ambos, Paul" PAMBOS@xxxxxxxx]

The Bluebook only bows to the extent of inserting periods and commas inside
quotation marks and ignoring paragraph structure in quotations of under
fifty words. But I never heard of anyone complaining when I ignored these
concessions in the name of accuracy.

Regards,

Paul Ambos
pambos@xxxxxxxx



> -----Original Message-----
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> Reply to note from Patricia M Godfrey  Tue, 20
> Jan 2004 20:45:52 -0500
>
> > BUT there's always been an exception made for textual
> > criticism,
>
> Good to know. Strange, isn't it, that the exception doesn't extend
> to legal writing. I've always been loath to add punctuation to
> quoted material, but the Bluebook bows to convention in this regard.
> Quotations, in my view, should track the original as far as
> possible.
>
> When will your work in progress see the light of day?
>
> --
> Carl Distefano
> cld@xxxxxxxx