Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation over the American

Re:Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation ov... by chelonian on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @11:22AM (#28540292)

I think the solution is to always add just a few more words at the end of a sentence:

> Dr Johnson kicked a large rock and said, as his foot rebounded, “I refute it thus.” and then said no more.

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Re:Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation ov... by dragonwriter on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @11:26AM (#28540341)

Except that a quotation that doesn't end the containing sentence isn't punctuated that way in either US or UK style; with the added text, it would be either:

(UK) Dr Johnson kicked a large rock and said, as his foot rebounded, ‘I refute it thus’, and then said no more.

or:

(US) Dr Johnson kicked a large rock and said, as his foot rebounded, “I refute it thus,” and then said no more.

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Re:Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctuation ov... by happymellon on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @11:25AM (#28540333)

But there you have just come to the same British conclusion that the end of the sentence is outside the quotation.

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