Dodi Schultz
August 6th, 2005, 03:39 PM
Fran,
>> Aha, didn't know I had a choice. Thanks.
Well, of course that's unless you're writing for publication in one place
or the other; then, you gotta do it THEIR way.
AmE puts periods and commas inside the quotes; BrE puts them outside.
(Other punctuation, like question marks--same in both places; depends on
meaning.)
--DS
>> Aha, didn't know I had a choice. Thanks.
Well, of course that's unless you're writing for publication in one place
or the other; then, you gotta do it THEIR way.
AmE puts periods and commas inside the quotes; BrE puts them outside.
(Other punctuation, like question marks--same in both places; depends on
meaning.)
--DS