Re: PPB: Poem for Kathy / Will Dockery

[email protected] (George J. Dance) posted:
> Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote:
> 
> > <snip>
> 
> It's all you've whined about for days, Douchebag. I notice you won't
> > admit I'm right, so see if No-Nads can offer you some slurpage instead.
> > 
> > Here you go:
> > 
> > love playing Grammar Gestapo. Ever notice that, Kook?
> > 
> > But to answer your incorrect assessment, I'll point out the following:
> > 
> > "When quotation marks are used at the end of a sentence, the placement
> > of the period depends on whether the quote is a comple te sentence or a
> > phrase.
> > 
> > If the quote is a complete sentence, the period is placed inside the
> > closing quotation mark. For example:
> > 
> > She said, "I'm going to the store."
> > 
> > If the quote is only a phrase, the period is placed outside the closing
> > quotation mark. For example:
> > 
> > She said she was going to "the store on Main Street".
> > 
> > Note that this rule applies to American English.
> 
> No, that rule applies to British English. The rule for American
> English is:
> "Put the period inside the quotation marks. (This is a rule without exception.)"
> https://cmosshoptalk.com/2020/10/20/commas-and-periods-with-quotation-marks/
>
> > In British English, the
> > period is typically placed outside the closing quotation mark, even for
> > complete sentences."
> 
> Wrong again. The rule of British English is to treat commas and
> periods the same as other punctuation marks, and put them
> outside the quotation marks unless they form part of the quoted
> material (in which case they go inside).
> 
> <further frothing by Kevin snipped> 

Thanks again for correcting the lies and misrepresentations and setting the record straight with the truth, George.

(Moved from the troll thread.)

😏 

-- 
Poetry and songs of Will Dockery:
https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery