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In reply to the discussion: That's between you and I [View all]Foolacious
(497 posts)24. Yes, that's what I'm saying.
And yes, it doesn't make much sense. The British and ostensibly Canadian style is to put the punctuation inside the quotes if the clause inside the quotes actually has that punctuation even if not quoted, and outside otherwise. That makes more sense. Being a dual Canadian/American, I tend to use the Canadian style (although it's begun to morph into the US style).
US & Canada:
He asked, "Will you give me the money?"
US & Canada:
Did he say, "Give me the money"?
US:
He said, "Give me the money."
Canada:
He said, "Give me the money".
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The American rule is that the question mark goes inside the quotation marks
Sanity Claws
Jul 2020
#5
The problem is, English is an organic language and writing styles vary by which one used.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2020
#32
It depends. The mark goes after the question, whatever the question is...
TreasonousBastard
Jul 2020
#6
Ah, yes-- we no longer teach students sentence diagramming, so they have no idea about...
TreasonousBastard
Jul 2020
#10
At this point I'm wondering why "I" and "me" ever became separate words in the first place.
Goodheart
Jul 2020
#21
i've had to let go of the "begs the question" vs. "raises the question" irritation
0rganism
Jul 2020
#27