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Originally Posted by ApK
Inside the quotes.
Why? Good question. It does seem rather non-intuitive to me.
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It does look non-intuitive to me too.
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But I've been reading and writing American English for about 40 years now, and that's always been the correct way, so anything else looks immediately wrong.
Do I recall correctly that it's different in British English*?
ApK
* As claimed here:
http://www.scribophile.com/academy/c...ion-mark-usage
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Hm, OK. I've been reading American English (so, double quotes, comma inside), British English (single quotes, comma's outside), but also Dutch and German, where there seem to be no rules: some books use single quotes, others use double, some put the comma within the quote, others outside, and all four combinations are used.
I think I'll just stick to the American style then, as I'm used to that the most with regard to reading.