On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Ole J. Jacobsen wrote: > Yep, weird as it seems, it's a standard reference form, one of several. built in integrity check; if the last author is elided, you notice. > Have never figured out the logic, but then again neither is the (US) > convention of placing all punctuation inside quotation marks: typographical convention for kerning? Seems a lot odder if you're used to punctuation marks that aren't raised. L. <http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/><L.Wood@ee.surrey.ac.uk>