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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: punctuation with quotation marks Sparteye #174741 03/14/08 11:30 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803  Originally Posted By: Sparteye What? You sic'd "it's" but not "Amercian"? Those were proof of a hurried post. Mercian was a dialect of Old English. Amercian [stet] was the name for all the OE dialects other than Mercian. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: punctuation with quotation marks Faldage #174888 03/20/08 07:46 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada To me if you are quoting someone then anything that is not part of the quote should not be inside the quotation marks. Is it possible to change the meaning of a quote by including the comma or period that wasn't in the quote? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: punctuation with quotation marks Sparteye #174889 03/20/08 09:16 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: Sparteye  Originally Posted By: The Pook  Originally Posted By: Sparteye The placement of certain punctuation within the quotes is an American rule; those on the island across the pond put the punctuation outside the quotes when it punctuates the sentence rather than the quote. I don't think that you can find logic in the American rule; I prefer the other way, as do you. From what I've been seeing, I think that the Amercian rule is on it's [sic] way out. But don't quote me on that. Hey I just did, oops (quote you that is). I think your rule is the rule here in Australia (across the other pond) too. Not sure whether you're right about the Brits. Personally I tend to be inconsistent depending on the aesthetics of it, as others have said. What? You sic'd "it's" but not "Amercian"? Those were proof of a hurried post. hee hee. one hurried post deserves another, I always say! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,935 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 831 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 2 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,923 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,949 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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