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Originally Posted by Lo Zeno
And my textbook said that it was a common word... in the early 90s  Sheesh! Way beyond obsolete.
Back to quotation marks, I found this interesting link:
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp
which says that it depends on the punctuation used. It presents 7 rules, of which the first two are:
1) Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quote
2) The placement of question marks with quotes follows logic. If a question is in quotation marks, the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.
So it looks like it depends also on WHAT is the punctuation you want to include into the quotation marks.
I can't find, though, if this "blue book of grammar and punctuation" refers to British or American English. |
These are the rules I've always followed -- and have been taught (in the U.S.) to follow. Of course, I went to school when such things were actually taught.