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[Norbert Nemec <address@hidden>]

Am Donnerstag, 13. November 2003 13:04 schrieb Jan Ulrich Hasecke:
> Norbert Nemec <address@hidden> writes:
> > Careful:
> > * <french single quotes>
> > * >german alternative single quotes<
> > * ,german standard single quotes'
> >
> > There may be exceptions to that, but I believe the above is the common
> > and correct thing to do.
>
> In nearly all printed books I have, it is either
>
> He said: >>foo bar is >bar< really.<<
>
> or
>
> He said: <<foo bar is <bar> really.>>
>
> So you really need these things, when you want to make a book.

True.

My point was just:
* your first option is correct german
* your second option is french or incorrect german (even though some german 
books might use it)

I'll yield to any real expert on those matters, though I'm pretty sure about 
this.

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