Should the full stop be inside or outside the inverted commas, in British English?
1. During the last lecture, I recited all the sentences in “No. 2, the rough meaning of the sentences of this passage.”
2. During the last lecture, I recited all the sentences in “No. 2, the rough meaning of the sentences of this passage".
Should the full stop be inside or outside the inverted commas, in British English?
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tamguatlay Should the full stop be inside or outside the inverted commas in British English? Without the text that follows, we don't know. If the text you are quoting actually has a full stop after the word "passage", then you must put that full stop first and then the closing inverted commas.
- tamguatlay Should the full stop be inside or outside the inverted commas in British English?
- Without the text that follows, we don't know.
- If the text you are quoting actually has a full stop after the word "passage", then you must put that full stop first and then the closing inverted commas.
- If the text you are quoting does not have a full stop after the word "passage", but continues with more of the same sentence, then you must put the inverted commas first and then the full stop.
- CJ
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tamguatlayShould the full stop be inside or outside the inverted commas in British English?
Without the text that follows, we don't know.
If the text you are quoting actually has a full stop after the word "passage", then you must put that full stop first and then the closing inverted commas.
If the text you are quoting does not have a full stop
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