Comment on How to talk about the PM of the UK.

• tegs_terry@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only if it’s part of the quote. In this case, because “apologies” wasn’t followed by a full stop, it doesn’t go within the quotation marks.

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  • snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    pedancy talk aside this is like the most inconsistent rule in all of writing hahhah

    even the oxford comma is less debated than punctuation in quotes

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    • tegs_terry@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just select my precepts from the arguments on offer and try to rigidly stick to them.

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