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As a non-native speaker, this is one thing I found very irritating about American English writing. It never made sense to me to put something in quotes that is
by Derbasti 15y ago
As a non-native speaker, this is one thing I found very irritating about American English writing. It never made sense to me to put something in quotes that is not part of the quote.
- gmac 15y agoAs an English English speaker (writer), I concur!
- po 15y agoHaving grown up in the American system, I have to confess that this has always bothered me but I didn't realize that it was only American writing! I guess I never noticed it when I read well-edited british source material. Now that I know doing it the 'logical' way is also considered conventional, I'm going to have a hard time doing it the American way anymore.