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Tue 14 Jun, 2016 06:59 am
"There is no excuse," George said, "for Mary's saying, 'I refuse to see him.' "
"There is no excuse," George said, "for Mary's saying, 'I refuse to see him'."
Is the first sentence the American way of punctuating, and the second the British way or vice versa?
Thank you.
@tanguatlay,
The first example is American style quote punctuation.
The Brits would write:
'There is no excuse,' George said, 'for Mary's saying, "I refuse to see him"'.
@InfraBlue,
Infra, I'm confused, at 85 never knew of such a marked diff. Is it me or have you committed some sort of typo
@tanguatlay,
As a Yank, Tang, I remember the first way most often. But now we need to hear from a real Brit
Let's hope someone smarter than me (lots hereabout) will provide a pertinent link
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