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why does wikipaedia put punctuation outside of quotation marks
| Chestnut cowardly deer antler | 03/25/15 |
| garnet hyperventilating corner mad-dog skullcap | 03/25/15 |
| talented state | 03/25/15 |
| Slate hospital | 03/25/15 |
| talented state | 03/25/15 |
| Slate hospital | 03/25/15 |
| garnet hyperventilating corner mad-dog skullcap | 03/25/15 |
| Chestnut cowardly deer antler | 03/25/15 |
| Slate hospital | 03/25/15 |
| Chestnut cowardly deer antler | 03/25/15 |
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Date: March 25th, 2015 7:05 PM Author: Chestnut cowardly deer antler (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2838757&forum_id=2#27554379) |
Date: March 25th, 2015 7:11 PM Author: garnet hyperventilating corner mad-dog skullcap There is not a correct answer on this issue. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2838757&forum_id=2#27554417) |
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Date: March 25th, 2015 7:13 PM Author: talented state punctuation outside of quotation marks is barbaric (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2838757&forum_id=2#27554421) |
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Date: March 25th, 2015 7:20 PM Author: Slate hospital *N*tcr my good brother
it is very context-sensitive, but if the punctuation isn't part of what you're quoting, it shouldn't be there
say you called me a stupid faggot
i'd say, "boogie called me a 'stupid faggot'."
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Date: March 25th, 2015 7:22 PM Author: talented state I understand where you are coming from and you are not wrong in terms of accuracy. But it's extremely aesthetically unappealing. I'd much rather sacrifice a small amount of accuracy to keep everything much tidier looking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2838757&forum_id=2#27554462) |
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Date: March 25th, 2015 7:24 PM Author: Slate hospital only accuracy can be tidy. otherwise it's like "checking your email" by marking them all read (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2838757&forum_id=2#27554466) |
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Date: March 25th, 2015 7:24 PM Author: garnet hyperventilating corner mad-dog skullcap And that's the issue. What matters is whether you care more about accuracy or aesthetics. And either way you decide an astute reader will note the unsatisfactory decision you have made. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2838757&forum_id=2#27554469) |
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Date: March 25th, 2015 10:08 PM Author: Chestnut cowardly deer antler it makes sense for question marks like why did boogie call me a "stupid faggot"? but "stupid faggot." instead of "stupid faggot". looks better and doesn't change the meaning. and if it were "you're a stupid faggot," said boogie the comma would look stupid outside the quote even though it's not in the original (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2838757&forum_id=2#27555542) |
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Date: March 25th, 2015 10:10 PM Author: Slate hospital if that was his whole statement, the comma would arguably be there, but i see your point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2838757&forum_id=2#27555554) |
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Date: March 25th, 2015 10:18 PM Author: Chestnut cowardly deer antler i think with wikipedia the problem is they don't base it on context and just do commas and everything outside always as a rule and it looks like a mess with their backeted footnotes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2838757&forum_id=2#27555640) |