Quotation marks

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 20 Aug 2021

The British use of commas and full-stops (periods) outside quotation marks (if not part of the original quotation) is preferred to the American use of punctuation within quotation marks:

  • British: The vessel has been termed the "innominate".
  • American: The vessel has been termed the "innominate."

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