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Originally Posted by WPotocki
Harry -
As would putting a comma outside quotation marks as you've done.
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Only if I were American, which I am not.
American English always places full stops and commas inside quotation marks. British English only does so if they form part of the quoted material, which, in my post, the comma does not. This is a difference between British and American English.
Wiki, for example, has the following to say on the subject:
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With regard to quotation marks adjacent to periods and commas, there are two styles of punctuation in widespread use. While these two styles are most commonly referred to as American and British (and some style sheets provide no other name), some American writers and organizations use the British style and vice versa. Both systems have the same rules regarding question marks, exclamation points, colons and semicolons. They differ on the treatment of periods and commas.
In the U.S., the standard style is called American style, typesetters' rules, printers' rules, typographical usage, or traditional punctuation, whereby commas and periods are almost always placed inside closing quotation marks.[10] This style of punctuation is common in the U.S., Canada, and in the U.K. in fiction and journalism.[11]
The other standard style—called British style or logical punctuation[12]—is to include within quotation marks only those punctuation marks that appeared in the quoted material, but otherwise to place punctuation outside the closing quotation marks.
Examples
When dealing with words-as-words, short-form works and sentence fragments, the styles differ:
"Carefree," in general, means "free from care or anxiety." (American practice)
"Carefree", in general, means "free from care or anxiety". (British practice)
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