Uhh who remembers?
April 23rd, 2009
Uh, who remembers if I used the British or American way of punctuation + quotes?
What’s your “thing”? (British)
or
What’s your “thing?” (American)
Please remind me 
As I’m too lazy to check the old episodes myself.
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Seems to be the american one (Episode 7, 0:16 : “Wow-lots-of-girls!” or 1:33 : “A barrier to the heart.”).
Didn’t check the other episodes though~
That’s not a question of british vs american; it’s perhaps “traditional” vs “logical” (or “hacker”, if you prefer).
American English says the quotes are always after the punctuation, no matter what. British English allows you to do it either way.
You used American, I don’t recall reading the subs like that.
The American way. Same as what phoenix923 said.
Btw, any chance you will update on your progress with the eps? Or has life been busy on you lately?
Done as requested, but you probably won’t like the results ^^
It’s a relief to know that you got the raws. As long as that step happens then the rest can be done at whatever pace you wish.
What’s your “thing”?
“thing” is the only word in the quotes, the rest is not, so putting the punctuation outside of the quotes makes more sense to me.
However if the entire sentence is in quotes, such as
“A barrier to the heart.”; then I would put the punctuation inside the quotes.
So really its a matter of preference.
Um. Actually, with quotation marks and question marks, American English follows the British English rules.
For American English, periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks, semicolons and colons always go outside, and question marks go inside if they are part of the question and outside if they are not.
He said, “Let’s go to the store.”
He said “Let’s go to the store,” but I disagreed.
He asked, “Should we go to the store?”
Did he say, “Let’s go to the store”?
He said “Let’s go to the store”; I disagreed.
He said “Let’s go to the store”: I disagreed.
Are all correct in American English.