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Originally Posted by HarryT
A matter that's arisen on another thread recently is differences in punctuation between British and American English. In the paragraph above, I've written:
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"big red bus" is "right", but "red big bus" is "wrong".
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To a speaker of American English that will look wrong because I've put the comma and full stop outside the quotes. To a British reader, though, it will appear (and indeed, is) correct. British and American English have different punctuation rules, and we "absorb" these without even being consciously aware that we're doing so. |
I don't know if it's because I've read British fiction over the years or if it just seems to make more sense to me, but I go with the British punctuation rule in cases like this. I think the American rule is illogical.