TIL multi-paragraph quotes start each paragraph except the last with an unclosed quote: "Blah, blah. "More blah, blah. "Now I'm done."
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Surely the germans have some compound word for it, right
@larsr_h? :)
So, I did actually notice this when reading computer magazines aged about 8.
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but I've barely thought about it since. Are multi-paragraph quotes a thing of the past now?
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Or maybe just that italicization and indenting are much easier now than the early nineties.
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Same here. Confused I never investigate this to death. No Wikipedia back then I guess?
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I just noticed it yesterday when I read a newspaper article with a long quote.
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Interestingly enough, I was exactly 8 yo when I found "Spacesuit" in the library
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