6 Oct
2011
6 Oct
'11
8:52 a.m.
On 10/05/2011 02:15 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
Back when I was in school, they taught the second style, but
when I was writing my book, the publisher wanted me to use
the first style. Since then, I've come to appreciate putting
the comma there for some of the reasons already mentioned.
There are, however SOME language rules that I
CHOOSE to flagrantly break.
Those include comma before "and" in a list, "LOGICAL" placement of
What's the rule there? Comma or no comma? Is it "this, that, and
the other thing" or "this, that and the other thing"? Also, howabout a period ending a sentence of which
the last component
is quoted text? Period inside or outside the double quotes?
The old rule was always to put it inside the quotes. However,
that doesn't work very well when the quotation marks are
being used for some reason other than quoting another speaker.
When the quotes are used to set off something that should be
treated as a literal string or are being used as simple symbols
being presented, then it makes sense to put it after, and
my understanding is that is becoming more and more accepted.
BLS