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Old 08-11-2014, 09:09 AM   #399
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Originally Posted by Leonatus View Post
... And I suppose it's sort of an ironic comment on the German grammar to write everything lowercase in English, isn't it?:rofl:
ha, i suppose so. wasn't this a trend at some point in Germany in the 90s though? to forgo uppercase nouns? maybe you could bring back the trend... :)

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Ah, and your example shows a guillemet, showing its peak to the left; that's indeed the French way to use them at the beginning of a direct speech (like a wrap). Here, it's more common to use (and I do it) a right-showing guillemet for the opening of a direct speech. So I have to replace it, I suppose?
ah ok, yes, just swap it out for »

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It was probably assumed (given the subforum this is taking place in) that you were using Sigil's regex S&R feature.
yep.
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