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    A review in a US newspaper of Lynne Truss's popular book on punctuation and Pandas, "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," questions her putting the full stop/period outside the last quotation mark of a quote instead of inside. Which form is correct or are both forms correct?

    Question #57019. Asked by DerekT. (May 02 05 3:20 PM)


    lanfranco

    		In American usage, commas and periods are generally placed within the quotation marks. The British handle this matter differently. Isn't Truss British?

    http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/inside.html

    May 02 05, 3:25 PM
    McGruff

    		I do not believe there is a British way of doing it versus an American way, but rather the correct way and an incorrect way. "Popular usage" simply implies, to me, that people do whatever they like because they don't know what is correct.

    Here are the rules on quotation marks and a quiz to take.
    http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

    May 03 05, 1:21 AM

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