• HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Now we need to figure out when the first ever usage of “no” in the English language was.

    Also isn’t the period supposed to be inside the quotation?

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        Probably not, but the convention is that periods and commas always stay within the quotes, whether the period or comma is a part of the quote or not. (This differs from what one expects from writing code.) When using question marks though, the placement does depend on whether the question mark is a part of the quote.

        Edit: When I was younger, I also didn’t know this and would place all punctuation marks according to whether it is a part of the quote. In fact, in my native language that is what you’re supposed to do. To this day I still dislike this convention in English.

        Edit 2: I know that this is an American English thing.

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          If I remember correctly, this is a US thing. We were taught to place punctuation depending on whether they are part of the quote. So

          I was reading ‘War and Peace’.

          but

          She asked me ‘Tea or coffee?’

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          Fuck convention when it doesn’t make sense, though. I’m gonna put stuff that’s part of the quote within the quotes and nothing else.