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I upvoted you, but the comma after 'pidgin English' should really go inside the quote. i.e. It's 'pidgin English,' not 'pigeon'. :) http://blog.apastyle.
by aaronbrethorst 10y ago
I upvoted you, but the comma after 'pidgin English' should really go inside the quote. i.e.
It's 'pidgin English,' not 'pigeon'.
:)
http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/08/punctuating-around-quotation-marks.html http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/08/punctuating-around...
- nkoren 10y agoThat is correct, but I believe you meant 'e.g.' rather than 'i.e.': http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ie-versus-eg http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ie-versus... (If someone can spot an error I've made, this can go on forever. Wheee!) ;-)
- jwilk 10y agoNo, their use of 'i.e.' was correct.
- aninhumer 10y agoThat's a style choice, and one that's largely rejected by this audience because we're used to logically nested programming languages.
- aaronbrethorst 10y agoWe're also used, I hope, to juggling multiple types of syntax in the same project. This is no different.
- aninhumer 10y agoYes, and if the person you replied to were writing an academic article for the American Psychological Association they would be wise to follow their style guide in that context.
- aaronbrethorst 10y agoAPA style is used far beyond psychology, and is one of the three most common styles of writing, the other two being MLA and Chicago.
- yorwba 10y agoYour source mentions that there are several punctuation styles and 'single quotes' + 'comma outside' corresponds to the British style.
- mrkgnao 10y agohttp://www.catb.org/jargon/html/writing-style.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/writing-style.html