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Old 10-02-2011, 10:26 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Nope - that's a difference between British and American English. In British English, punctuation only goes inside a quote if it forms a part of the quote.
That was also true in the US when I went to university. Nice article here that explains how this is handled now in North America (you may be surprised). The link is to the writing centre at the University of Ottawa.

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