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What if Alan is just Jeff's alter-ego - writing emails at night just to be read in the morning by himself? And very much related - does anybody know why quoted
by mirekrusin 11y ago
What if Alan is just Jeff's alter-ego - writing emails at night just to be read in the morning by himself?
And very much related - does anybody know why quoted strings are often written by writers as:
... foo "bar."
and not:
... foo "bar".
? It doesn't parse, does it?
- dclowd9901 11y agoBecause style dictates placing the period before the quotation. Simple as that; just an arbitrary syntax rule.
- zuminator 11y agoMore precisely it's US style. British style puts the full stop outside the quote unless it's part of the quotation. http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/british-versus-american-style.html http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/british-versus-american-s...
- NamTaf 11y agoShort answer: it's regional. Long answer: Depending on the region, if the quoted string itself is a complete sentence, the fullstop belongs as part of the quote. Example: "My mother," he said, "is not going to accept your invitation to the party." This left me upset. If the quoted string is a sub-section of a sentence, then the punctuation belongs to the parent sentence. Example: My father often said that my mother "didn't have time for the bother" of cooking, which explains why I don't have a very sophisticated palate.
- chris_wot 11y agoHe's not. This Alan is Alan Tarica. It's pretty easy to find him if you search Google with the following: "by far the most succinct, simple, and common-sense explanation" alan