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Re:The Punctuation Guide by Harvey-Specter on Thursday September 28, 2017 @08:33AM (#15356609)
In the British style what is the rule if the quotation ends in punctuation? Do they include additional punctuation outside the quotation, since presumably the punctuation inside the quotation doesn't count as ending the sentence?

I'm thinking of a sentence like:

> Bill said "I prefer American style."

Would the British write it as follows?

> Bill said "I prefer American style.".

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Re:The Punctuation Guide by dghf on Thursday September 28, 2017 @08:45AM (#15356657)
No, we'd write it the first way, even if the quotation ended with punctuation not appropriate to the sentence as a whole: e.g.

> Bill asked "Do you prefer American style?"

even though the sentence, taken as a whole, is a statement rather than a question.

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