Cross-ref formats

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:33:19 -0500 (CDT), Nancy Allison 
<maker at verizon.net> wrote:

>I'm setting up a template and am trying to figure out a way to 
>avoid having to create multiple x-refs to accommodate different 
>punctuation. 
>  . . .
>What is your solution?

Simple; I follow International English (UK) usage, and keep 
the punctuation *outside* the quotes:

---See Appendix D, "Frying Pans and Toasters", for more information.

---For more information, see Appendix D, "Frying Pans and Toasters".

Most of the world, including those in the US, won't even notice.
And it is more logical; the punctuation is *not*, after all, part
of the quoted information.  Consider:

---I don't know why she said "No!"
---I don't know why she said "No"!

The meaning is different.  In the first case, the speaker 
exclaimed.  In the second, the narrator is exclaiming instead.  
Use the one that describes the situation more accurately.  I'd 
even revise the first one so as to remove all doubt, as:

---I don't know why she said "No!".

which makes it clear that the speaker, not the narrator, was
doing the exclaiming.

HTH!


-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  <jeremy at omsys.com>  http://www.omsys.com/