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Victo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
British Punctuation
Are these examples of how the British punctuate? Are every one of them correct?
1. A crisis in the US subprime mortgage market will affect Britain, he said, warning that the housing market is likely to weaken as a result. However, he insisted that the economy is starting from “a very strong position”.
2. If you want to swerve from "a very strong position", make sure to ...
3. He said, "I love you".
4. Place the "a", "e", "i", outside the parentheses.
Are all 4 examples correct in British punctuation?
1. A crisis in the US subprime mortgage market will affect Britain, he said, warning that the housing market is likely to weaken as a result. However, he insisted that the economy is starting from “a very strong position”.
2. If you want to swerve from "a very strong position", make sure to ...
3. He said, "I love you".
4. Place the "a", "e", "i", outside the parentheses.
Are all 4 examples correct in British punctuation?
Top answer
Placing punctuation outside the quote marks when it isn't logically part of the quoted material is often called the "British" style (versus the "American" style, in which commas and periods are placed inside the quotes). However, it's possible that not all British writers do it the "British" way, and, I guess, not all American writers do it the "American" way. For what it's worth, I am British and I would punctuate the sentences as you have (except I don't see why #4 needs the last comma).
- Placing punctuation outside the quote marks when it isn't logically part of the quoted material is often called the "British" style (versus the "American" style, in which commas and periods are placed inside the quotes).
- However, it's possible that not all British writers do it the "British" way, and, I guess, not all American writers do it the "American" way.
- For what it's worth, I am British and I would punctuate the sentences as you have (except I don't see why #4 needs the last comma).
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Placing punctuation outside the quote marks when it isn't logically part of the quoted material is often called the "British" style (versus the "American" style, in which commas and periods are placed inside the quotes). However, it's possible that not all British writers do it the "British" way, and, I guess, not all American writers do it the "American" way. For what it's worth, I am British an
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