TheParser
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(1) I have just read that many Americans are abandoning the practice
of putting commas and periods inside of the quotation marks.
(2) Because of the Web and email, more and more Americans are
using the British practice (commas and periods outside of the
quotation marks). Many people feel that it makes "more sense."
(OR: "more sense".)
(3) The experts say that the American practice will survive in formal
writing (books, newspapers, etc.) but that the British system is becoming
the norm in social media (Facebook, etc.). In fact, many American
university instructors may have to eventually accept it in their students'
research papers. (Many of their students know neither the American nor
British "rules": they just see more of the British practice and imitate it.)
(4) The article about this startling development is available on Google
by typing in:
The Rise of "Logical Punctuation" by Ben Yagoda, Slate magazine
(I do not know how to link.)
Respectfully yours,
James
of putting commas and periods inside of the quotation marks.
(2) Because of the Web and email, more and more Americans are
using the British practice (commas and periods outside of the
quotation marks). Many people feel that it makes "more sense."
(OR: "more sense".)
(3) The experts say that the American practice will survive in formal
writing (books, newspapers, etc.) but that the British system is becoming
the norm in social media (Facebook, etc.). In fact, many American
university instructors may have to eventually accept it in their students'
research papers. (Many of their students know neither the American nor
British "rules": they just see more of the British practice and imitate it.)
(4) The article about this startling development is available on Google
by typing in:
The Rise of "Logical Punctuation" by Ben Yagoda, Slate magazine
(I do not know how to link.)
Respectfully yours,
James