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The above examples also show that the American style places commas and periods inside the quotation marks, even if they are not in the original material. British style (more sensibly) places unquoted periods and commas outside the quotation marks. In honor of Oscar's nationality, I'll put the period outside. : ) Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> wrote: > LGTM. If I were being nit-picky, in BritEng we'd write *...with other > men".* but it doesn't really matter. > > Joe > > On 16 October 2015 at 14:59, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Twitter: >> >> "I can resist everything except temptation." -- Oscar Wilde, born this >> day in 1854. Read his wit and wisdom on Wikiquote: http://buff.ly/1Louq4b >> >> Facebook: >> >> "I can resist everything except temptation." -- Oscar Wilde, born this >> day in 1854. Read his wit and wisdom on Wikiquote: http://buff.ly/1Louq4b >> The poet and playwright died at 46 after a two-year imprisonment for "gross >> indecency with other men." Read about his life: http://buff.ly/1NM2L34 >> >> >> Jeff Elder >> Digital communications manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 704-650-4130 >> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> >> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> >> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > *Joe Sutherland* > Communications Intern [remote] > m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: > JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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