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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Punctuation rules in Europe

I'm working with a client in Switzerland but the piece is in English. In regard to use of quotation marks with other punctuation, are there differences in the rules? For example: in Europe is it permitted to place commas and periods outside of the quote marks, or should they always be inside the quote marks as in American English?

Chris Manley
South Bend, Indiana USA
  

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I would imagine that in Europe, the rules for English would follow British or American usage. There may be a tendency for British usage. I'm not sure.

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  • I would imagine that in Europe, the rules for English would follow British or American usage.
  • There may be a tendency for British usage.
  • I'm not sure.
  • At any rate, I would not think that a country that does not consider English its language (I hate to say "official"), has its own English usage rules or preference.
  • I could be wrong.
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I would imagine that in Europe, the rules for English would follow British or American usage. There may be a tendency for British usage. I'm not sure. At any rate, I would not think that a country that does not consider English its language (I hate to say "official"), has its own English usage rules or preference. I could be wrong. I'm just guessing. So, if I were you, I would find out if Switzer
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I was agreeing until I got to the part about it being logical. The American insistence on the period and comma inside defies logic.
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