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Originally Posted by Hitch
American usage has always been, period, comma, inside the quotes at the end of the passage, even if the period or comma is not part of the originally-quoted material. Brit usage and by extension, CAN and AUS, is outside.
Been that way for dog's years.
Hitch
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It's a strange, illogical change, and no 'simpler' or 'easier'. I wonder how it happened?
I'm always amused by a culture that can't tolerate the silent e in 'Theatre' but completely changes the sound of 'Kansas' by putting 'Ar' in front of it :-)
(Yes, I know the justification. But wouldn't the American way be to rationalise it over time?)