The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either.
Being a programmer finally won out over my writing background. For example, I know the rule in the US is to include punctuation inside the quotation marks, but I just can’t do it anymore if the punctuation mark is not actually part of the quote. “The British do it right, in my opinion”.
As a native English speaker I feel like I get a say in this. This is the worst rule I’ve seen proposed. Unbalanced quotation marks are confusing as hell.
While we’re at it, putting punctuation inside quotation marks when it’s not actually part of the quote also needs to be fixed. And the whole he/she thing.
“If you see something suspicious “speak up” is correct usage?
https://www.grammar-monster.com/punctuation/quotation_marks_multiple_or_new_paragraphs.html
I think they mean this.
Thanks for the information but jeez that makes me feel uncomfortable for some reason.
It’s like the unclosed paren (but correct (craziness).
I’ve never seen this, but maybe since sentences with a parenthesis in it very rarely get a line break in the middle?
It is rather common in books, where you often see direct speech spanning multiple paragraphs.
Edit: sorry, I misinterpeted/misread the comment. I’ve never seen the double parentheses thing either
The quotation mark one is common in books yeah, but the parentheses one referred to by the comment you responded to isn’t. I haven’t seen that one either.
Ooh yeah you are right i misinterpreted the comment I was replying to.
This hurts my programmer soul, I’ll start escaping quotation marks instead
Being a programmer finally won out over my writing background. For example, I know the rule in the US is to include punctuation inside the quotation marks, but I just can’t do it anymore if the punctuation mark is not actually part of the quote. “The British do it right, in my opinion”.
So you’re telling me “The British do it right,”.
As a native English speaker I feel like I get a say in this. This is the worst rule I’ve seen proposed. Unbalanced quotation marks are confusing as hell.
Yeah what the hell. It’s like having unmatched parentheses when coding.
While we’re at it, putting punctuation inside quotation marks when it’s not actually part of the quote also needs to be fixed. And the whole he/she thing.
WTF, I thought it was wrong. This is weird.
YES! I’ve seen this formatting a lot in published books but never on the internet.