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Yes, this is the reason why, IMHO, the American way is objectively wrong. Aesthetics is in the eye of the beholder, but a quotation style that enforces incorre
by eCa 5y ago
Yes, this is the reason why, IMHO, the American way is objectively wrong.
Aesthetics is in the eye of the beholder, but a quotation style that enforces incorrect quotations is not good.
- pteraspidomorph 5y agoIt makes some sense if you consider it a representation of the way you'd speak/read the sentence. If you read that sentence out loud, regardless of where you put the question mark you'll have to intone the quote as if the quote was a question, due to its context. So it functions "better" as a reading hint. (Though I'd also prefer to have the punctuation outside the quote.)
- soraminazuki 5y agoIt seems wrong because it is. > Question marks and exclamation points have their own rules. > If they apply to the quoted material, they go within the quotation marks. If they apply to the whole sentence, they go outside it https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/ https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/
- eCa 5y agoI have seen things like: > The password is ’%>>~|]#^|,’ which is awesome. Which is, as far as I know, correct according to the rules.
- bee_rider 5y agoI don't think the normal rules of grammar are designed to handle this case. I would probably write something like > The password, which is awesome, is: > %>>~|]#^| This also has the benefit of putting the password on it's own line, which should make life easier for people actually consuming the document.
- PennRobotics 5y agoThere's nothing I like more than typing a URL at the end of a sentence and getting the punctuation wrapped up in the URL. /s