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Victo Posted 16 years ago
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Which ones are incorrect below per British punctuation?
Which ones are incorrect below per British punctuation?
President Kennedy famously exclaimed "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
Madonna is fond of declaring "I'm not ashamed of anything."
"The only emperor", writes Wallace Stevens, "is the emperor of ice cream."
According to Thomas Edison, "Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration." (Period inside ending punctuation?)
Thomas Edison said, "Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration."
Thomas Edison declared that genius was "one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration".
(Period outside quotes at the end?)
"The only thing we have to fear", said Franklin Roosevelt, "is fear itself." OK?
The Prime Minister condemned what he called "simple-minded solutions". (Period outside the quotes?)
President Kennedy famously exclaimed "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
Madonna is fond of declaring "I'm not ashamed of anything."
"The only emperor", writes Wallace Stevens, "is the emperor of ice cream."
According to Thomas Edison, "Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration." (Period inside ending punctuation?)
Thomas Edison said, "Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration."
Thomas Edison declared that genius was "one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration".
(Period outside quotes at the end?)
"The only thing we have to fear", said Franklin Roosevelt, "is fear itself." OK?
The Prime Minister condemned what he called "simple-minded solutions". (Period outside the quotes?)
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