I've always been baffled by that! But then, we also insist on "colour" and
"honour", so it works either way. ;)

Joe

On 16 October 2015 at 15:59, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote:

> I never knew!
>
>
> 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. : )
>
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> 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
>>>
>>>
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