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Originally Posted by GeoffC
"Elements of Style" By William Strunk & E.B. White, recommended reading by the UK's Open University ( Distance learning ), doesn't explicitly mention a convention as to where punctuation / quote marks are placed; but each example has the punctuation within the quote marks.
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It's sitting on my shelf as we speak from college days. I even pulled it out a few weeks ago while editing a book for someone to check if I was correct. I also found that whatever way you want the rule to go as to what is grammatically correct can be found on the world wide web. I use contractions while talking and typing emails, but in a novel it just bothered me. The other editor I was working with was adament about keeping them.
Um, I will admit that in school I would "correct" books I checked out from the library with a pencil or pen. That probably caused more problems for future readers than if they had not noticed the editorial overlook.