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 <jelder@wikimedia.org> 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. : )

Jeff Elder
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Wikimedia Foundation

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> 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 <jelder@wikimedia.org> 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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