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I think the solution is to always add just a few more words at the end of a sentence: > Dr Johnson kicked a large rock and said, as his foot rebounded, “I refu
by chelonian 5y ago
I think the solution is to always add just a few more words at the end of a sentence:
> Dr Johnson kicked a large rock and said, as his foot rebounded, “I refute it thus.” and then said no more.
- happymellon 5y agoBut there you have just come to the same British conclusion that the end of the sentence is outside the quotation.
- dragonwriter 5y agoExcept that a quotation that doesn't end the containing sentence isn't punctuated that way in either US or UK style; with the added text, it would be either: (UK) Dr Johnson kicked a large rock and said, as his foot rebounded, ‘I refute it thus’, and then said no more. or: (US) Dr Johnson kicked a large rock and said, as his foot rebounded, “I refute it thus,” and then said no more.