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- runrunrun
where do you put the comma, before or after the "
why do I see both equally?
- prophet0
cp style says ,"
- ukit0
Commas, periods, other punctuation always go inside the quotes.
"What are you, stupid"? he said.
- _me_0
and then _me_ said, "you're doing it wrong."
- Projectile0
why, when you say "I see both equally", do you not realise that there is an exception to every rule?
SHABAAANG!!!!
- lukus_W0
... include it in the quote, if it's relevant to the quote.
- ukit0
Actually lukus, I wasn't aware of this but it apparently like there's a difference in how it's done in American and British English.
Brits will include it in quote only if its relevant to the quote, Americans will include it inside the quote no matter what.
- ukit0
"In the days when printing used raised bits of metal, "." and "," were the most delicate, and were in danger of damage (the face of the piece of type might break off from the body, or be bent or dented from above) if they had a '"' on one side and a blank space on the other. Hence the convention arose of always using '."' and ',"' rather than '".' and '",', regardless of logic." This seems to be an argument to return to something more logical, but there is little impetus to do so within the United States."
- i_monk0
Canadian follows the British style on this topic.
- utopian0
Your presence on this page means you're about to find out.
- ukit0
It is what it is. You can call it "wrong."
- this looks wrong. unless someone is saying it. the period has nothing to do with the word you're quoting.iCanHasQBN
- but, it's rightmonospaced
- It looks wrong, but its right. I always hated that rule. It looks unnatural.inhaler97
- jasonistaken0
From Wikipedia:
With regard to quotation marks adjacent to periods and commas, there are two styles of punctuation in widespread use. While these two styles are most commonly referred to as “American” and “British” (and some style sheets provide no other name), some American writers and organizations use the “British” style and vice versa. Both systems have the same rules regarding question marks, exclamation points, colons and semicolons. They differ on the treatment of periods and commas.
In the U.S., the standard style is called American style, typesetters’ rules, printers’ rules, typographical usage, or traditional punctuation, whereby commas and periods are almost always placed inside closing quotation marks.[10] This style of punctuation is common in the U.S., Canada, and in the U.K. in fiction and journalism.[11]
The other standard style—called British style or logical punctuation[12]—is to include within quotation marks only those punctuation marks that appeared in the quoted material, but otherwise to place punctuation outside the closing quotation marks.
- iCanHasQBN0
Julie said, "Pass me the nachos."
I was eating with Julie yesterday and she pronounced it "nachows".
^ that crap right there makes sense to me. anything else is wrong.
- ukit0
It doesn't make as much sense as you think because if we were trying to be super logical it would be more like
Julie said, "Pass me the nachos.".
- sorry, i can't argue right now. i need to go help my uncle jack off a horse...iCanHasQBN
- Nice topping for Julie's nachos huh?ukit
- what? no, you sicko. i'm helping my Uncle Jack off a horse. he's arthritic.iCanHasQBN
- i_monk0
Did Julie say "Pass me the nachos?"
Did Julie say "Pass me the nachos"?Julie didn't ask a question, so the American system makes a mess of it. 10 points for Griffindor.
- TheBlueOne0
I thought it should be “”, not "".
- jaylarson0
Fwiw, I'm down with Oxford commas.
- gramme0
I like to keep it inside the fold. American, British, whatever: Quotations look better when hung outside of other punctuation.