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1.1     ! root        1: # NOTICE-NOT TO BE DISCLOSED OUTSIDE BELL SYS EXCEPT UNDER WRITTEN AGRMT
        !             2: for i in $*
        !             3:        do case $i in
        !             4:                -ver) echo $0 version 2.0;exit;;
        !             5:                -flags) echo $0 \[-ver\] \[-flags\];exit;;
        !             6:                -*) echo unknown punctrules flag $i; exit;;
        !             7:                *) echo punctrules takes no files;shift;continue;;
        !             8:        esac
        !             9: done
        !            10: cat << !
        !            11:       1.  Periods and commas _a_l_w_a_y_s go inside double quote marks.
        !            12:           EXAMPLE: "I want to go to the fair," he said.
        !            13: 
        !            14:           The only allowable exception is when a single character
        !            15:           is in quotes, e.g., use a tilde "~".
        !            16: 
        !            17:       2.  Semicolons and colons _a_l_w_a_y_s go outside of double quotes.
        !            18:           EXAMPLE: He knew what was meant by "hardcopy"; he didn't
        !            19:           know about "software."
        !            20: 
        !            21:       3.  Question marks and exclamation marks go inside or outside of
        !            22:           double quote marks depending on the sentence sense.
        !            23:           EXAMPLE:  "Where are you going?" he asked.
        !            24:                      What is meant by the word "firmware"?
        !            25: 
        !            26:       4.  When a quote ends with a question mark that ends a clause
        !            27:           and a comma would normally appear at the end of the clause,
        !            28:           it is standard to leave the comma out. (The first example
        !            29:           sentence under item 3 illustrates this.)
        !            30: 
        !            31:       5.  When using single quote marks instead of double quote marks,
        !            32:           the same rules apply. (Single quotes are considered
        !            33:           incorrect, except inside of a quotation enclosed in double
        !            34:           quotes.)
        !            35: 
        !            36:       6.  When a sentence is enclosed in parentheses, the period goes
        !            37:           inside the closing parenthesis.
        !            38:           EXAMPLE: (This is a sentence.)
        !            39: 
        !            40:       7.  If the words inside parentheses do not constitute a sen-
        !            41:           tence, but are at the end of the sentence, the period goes
        !            42:           after the closing parenthesis.
        !            43:           EXAMPLE: This is a sentence (but not this).
        !            44: 
        !            45:       8.  No commas, semicolons, or colons should appear before a left
        !            46:           parenthesis.  If such punctuation is needed, it is placed
        !            47:           after the phrase in parentheses.
        !            48:           EXAMPLE: After eating salt (sodium chloride), he threw up.
        !            49: 
        !            50:       9.  Dashes never occur next to commas, semicolons, blank spaces,
        !            51:           or parentheses.
        !            52:           EXAMPLE: Before World War I--but not afterwards--Iceland was
        !            53:           a part of Denmark.
        !            54: !

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