Date: 2005-11-30 06:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] campbellconey.livejournal.com
Nope. Periods ALWAYS go inside of quotation marks. No matter what. You can check that out for yourself in the most recent edition of the Associated Press Stylebook. I'm pretty sure BBC follows AP style-- it's pretty much the industry standard. It's on page 335 of the Perseus 2002 paperback edition.

Date: 2005-11-30 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sickboy.livejournal.com
Yeah, I just looked it up. I'll be damned! I've always screwed that one up. Makes me want to go back and edit everything I've ever written.

Date: 2005-11-30 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sickboy.livejournal.com
Oh and thanks by the way!

Date: 2005-12-02 09:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] campbellconey.livejournal.com
no thanks required. i was an english major. any chance to talk to someone about punctuation is thrilling to me. :-)

Date: 2005-12-07 05:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] campbellconey.livejournal.com
hey check it out the comment below. i was wrong. well, i was right (in terms of american english, and the style guidelines american journalists follow [ap]) but i was wrong about those crazy brits!

i'm sure a week or so later you really care. :-)

Date: 2005-12-07 02:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sickboy.livejournal.com
I definitely care! It's my mission to use the english language as well as I possibly can. Every little bit helps!

Thanks.

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