Post #4034175
2026-07-23 08:04 UTC
@urlyman@mastodon.social hm, I think that's how I was taught to quote when I was at school in Britain in the 90s. I've never liked it, but that's how it works. It's the same with speech in books.
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@CppGuy@infosec.space 2026-07-23 11:08
@sarajw@front-end.social Agreed, but there's nuance. If the quoted material naturally ends in a punctuation mark then it goes inside the quotes; otherwise, outside. So: "I can't find my ostrich," said Bill. But: Serena described the ostrich as "beautiful" and "intelligent". @urlyman@mastodon.social
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@urlyman@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 08:07
@sarajw@front-end.social oh yikes. I’m the idiot, I guess. (Not for the first time 😆)
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@androcat@toot.cat 2026-07-23 08:12
@sarajw@front-end.social What would the poor author have done, if Matilda had ended her sentence with an exclamation mark? @urlyman@mastodon.social