> The British style introduces white space gaps that don't look good. Sure they do, to me. The comma you inserted between the end of the quote and the closing

> The British style introduces white space gaps that don't look good. Sure they do, to me. The comma you inserted between the end of the quote and the closing quotation mark looks bad to me, because I have a strong expectation of the opposite. That esthetic feeling you have is how 'used to' manifests. Also the US spelling of 'esthetic' is ugly to those expecting 'aesthetic'. I'm sure the British spelling looks pretentious to Americans.