Re: quotation marks in the UK

Harry <flapdragon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hear hear. A century ago, much use was made of half-spaces, inside
quotation marks and parentheses as well as before (semi)colons and
exclamation/interrogation marks (or "points" as say in the trade).

Ah, you are the first person to make a statement on that point.
Unfortunately I don't suppose a Wikipedia article should be guided by
practices from a century ago unless they would still be the "correct"
or "canonical" practice today. (Should I have typed "to-day" there?
:->) What would a modern but pedantic typographer do?

Sebastian

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