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Originally Posted by ericshliao
For western langaues, I also call it rules, norms, or conventions. We have nothing different on this. Why it's rules, norms, or conventions for western languages? Because most peopel using that language accept it. People can learn the rules, norms, conventions in school, from reference books or writing guide, or the associations of publishing. Even a foreigner (for western language) like me know the punctuation rules. I don't know exactly when I perceived it, I just knew it during learning English.
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No. Typography is not taught in schools outside of specialized design classes. Basic rules of punctuation uses as grammar and style are
not the same as typography. You are confusing the two.
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Why I doubt it rules, norms, or conventions for traditional Chinese? Because for traditional Chinese I don't see the same condition as western laguage. Teachers, writing guide for Chinese writing do not consider it rules. If association of publishers for traditional Chinese has such norms, that's nice, but that's not what I know of.
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The formal laws are pretty vague in Taiwan, defining only vertical and horizontal layouts, but pretty much all publishers abide by rules of typesetting that include punctuation rules. These are not part of what you learn in school, and their equivalents in other languages are not learned in school either typically.
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I am not opposed to making it rules, norms, or conventions in the future, but before it's considered rules, norms, or conventions, we must have many people accept it. For the time being, we don't have the qualified conditions. That's why I doubt it rules, norms, or conventions.
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Mass public acceptance is not needed for this, just as it is not needed in any other language/culture. It is specialist knowledge in most places.
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You used "resist" to describe me. When you used that word, you revealed that you "insist" on something. In fact, on this issue, there is nothing to insist or resist, because reality is reality, only that reality may differ for time and place.
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