December 7, 2009
PUT THE COMMA INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARK.

THE PERIOD TOO. PUT IT IN. PUT IT IN RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. I will go a-killing someday over this.



2:28pm  |   URL: http://choiresicha.com/post/273489882/put-the-comma-inside-the-quotation-mark
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  1. carlymarie reblogged this from cr0wth
  2. carlymarie reblogged this from choire and added:
    I get that this is what is supposed to happen, but can someone please explain to me WHYYYYYYYYY? Sometimes it looks...
  3. jhermann reblogged this from cosmocatalano and added:
    Typesetter style: punctuation inside for aesthetics. punctuation inside or outside for logic. On this issue I side with...
  4. kellysutton reblogged this from june85 and added:
    When you code for a living, you run into this on a daily basis. :)
  5. june85 reblogged this from kellysutton and added:
    Well if you are giving out “password.” this could be assumed that the period is part of the password. So yeah, depends...
  6. am- reblogged this from yurztruly and added:
    nah, you don’t have to. i don’t like it if the comma or full stop doesn’t belong to what the person has said. (a quick...
  7. napoleonsbattleplan reblogged this from cr0wth and added:
    Huh. We were just talking about this in class. Another missed opportunity to look smart.
  8. slaughtered reblogged this from faithandbegorrah
  9. cherrispryteaintsobrite reblogged this from misterhippity and added:
    Thank you a million times over. They are academic papers I’m proofing (hell, they’re ones I’ve written) but my...
  10. faithandbegorrah reblogged this from misterhippity
  11. sarahheartburn reblogged this from misterhippity and added:
    Mnnn..this catholic school brat remembers that periods only fall before the quote if what’s quoted is a complete...
  12. aatombomb reblogged this from misterhippity and added:
    This always confuses me. I tend to magically think that periods go outside the quotes if it’s just a quoted word or...
  13. poisonville reblogged this from misterhippity and added:
    Things Chicago won’t tell you: What about a quote within a quote? “So then he said, ‘That’s what she said,’” I said. I...
  14. misterhippity reblogged this from cherrispryteaintsobrite and added:
    [Warning: Editor-geek-talk stuff follows; page down if uninterested …] I think it’s covered pretty well in the many...
  15. cherrispryteaintsobrite reblogged this from misterhippity and added:
    Help me, Hippity and other similar grammar gods. Are there ANY exceptions to the “Comma inside quotation marks” rule?...
  16. cosmocatalano reblogged this from choire and added:
    You’re wrong. How do you propose to differentiate between terminal punctuation attributable to the quoted source and...
  17. withoutane reblogged this from svstar and added:
    Agreed. I’ll also make the obligatory “That’s what she said” joke in reference to the first posting.
  18. joethelion reblogged this from choire
  19. misterhippity reblogged this from faithandbegorrah and added:
    NOW.” Anyone made the “That’s what she said” joke yet …?
  20. leftunderbooks reblogged this from peterfeld and added:
    It’s not that dogmatic, yo:...“More here”, okay? :p ;)