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Old 09-16-2009, 02:22 PM   #15
ahi
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
They are not unbalanced, they just enclose a multi-paragraph fragment.

The English style would be unbalanced for a multi-paragraph quote: an opening mark at the beginning of every paragraph, a closing mark only at the end of the last. But I guess Spanish is weirder here, we'd use a closing mark at the beginning of every paragraph but the first.
I more meant visually unbalanced. To me the double quotation mark is "light" enough that it does not draw attention to itself. I find guillemets a bit louder though, and find it odd to see it not closely paired.

But yes, I do understand what you mean.

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