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In reply to the discussion: That's between you and I [View all]wackadoo wabbit
(1,166 posts)31. No worries
I can imagine what a pain it was having to relearn the American system.
The U.S. system of putting periods and commas always inside the quotation marks is highly illogical. Truth be told, I wish we'd use the more sensible convention used by the rest of the world.
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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