Comments on: When to Use Quotation Marks http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/06/15/when-to-use-quotation-marks/ Editing angles to improve your writing by Barbara McNichol, nonfiction book editor with offices in Colorado and Arizona Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Barbara McNichol http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/06/15/when-to-use-quotation-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Barbara McNichol Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:39:11 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=277#comment-49 Lynn Variations on this rule exist depending on geography. I grew up in Canada where the style is to put quotation marks around a single word that ends a sentence. The period goes after the quotation mark. e.g., Let's talk about that "thing". Canadian and British style. However, in the U.S. where I have lived for 25 years, it would be: Let's talk about that "thing." My advice: Consider your audience. If mostly Americans will read your piece, put the quotation mark outside the punctuation mark. Thanks for asking! Lynn
Variations on this rule exist depending on geography. I grew up in Canada where the style is to put quotation marks around a single word that ends a sentence. The period goes after the quotation mark. e.g., Let’s talk about that “thing”. Canadian and British style. However, in the U.S. where I have lived for 25 years, it would be: Let’s talk about that “thing.”

My advice: Consider your audience. If mostly Americans will read your piece, put the quotation mark outside the punctuation mark.

Thanks for asking!

]]> By: Lynn from For Love or Funny http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/06/15/when-to-use-quotation-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Lynn from For Love or Funny Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:25:46 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=277#comment-48 I have a particular problem with punctuation and quotation. I believe the rule is "punctuation inside of quotation marks." But it just doesn't look right to me! :) I have a particular problem with punctuation and quotation. I believe the rule is “punctuation inside of quotation marks.” But it just doesn’t look right to me! :)

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