i want to move to paris.

[RMJ]

I wonder if there is guide to stop making guides. There must be, since there is guide for everything else, too.

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by blueskyy

You may want to look at a book called "Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America," by Mark Ehrman.

Your placement of that comma inside the quotation brings much irony

[Sir Wood]

Originally Posted by HibyPrime

Your placement of that comma inside the quotation brings much irony

Eeh, care to explain that?

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by Sir Wood

Eeh, care to explain that?

He was talking about a guide to leaving America, and used the American standard of putting all punctuation inside the quotations.

Just a little bit of irony that stuck out when I read it

[aFrenchie]

Originally Posted by RMJ

And I'm moving to Paris someday... It will be cheaper to live there than travel to there all the time for few days...

How often do you come in Paris?

Originally Posted by HibyPrime

He was talking about a guide to leaving America, and used the American standard of putting all punctuation inside the quotations.

I've always been shocked by that illogical placement of the punctuation inside the quotations when it should be outside but each time I thought it was a mistake by the author! So it's standard in English?? (or American English?)

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by aFrenchie

I've always been shocked by that illogical placement of the punctuation inside the quotations when it should be outside but each time I thought it was a mistake by the author! So it's standard in English?? (or American English?)

It's the standard for American english. The British standard (i.e. just about all other english speaking countries) is to logically place the punctuation in or outside the quotation.

Edit: theres a bunch of sources here.

[Azereus]

Originally Posted by aFrenchie

I've always been shocked by that illogical placement of the punctuation inside the quotations when it should be outside but each time I thought it was a mistake by the author! So it's standard in English?? (or American English?)

Yea it's an American thing. In Canada, we put the punctuation outside the quotations. Many words also differ in spelling in America compared to Canadian english.
For example, Color= American
Colour= Canadian
(Just incase you didn't know.)
They'res a bunch others as well.

[RMJ]

Originally Posted by aFrenchie

How often do you come in Paris?

Well, if the current trend continues, I'd say 4 times a year.

Well, I have been only 2 times in Paris so far... 3rd coming in end of January. That's 3 trips to Paris in the past 9 months.

Originally Posted by aFrenchie

I've always been shocked by that illogical placement of the punctuation inside the quotations when it should be outside but each time I thought it was a mistake by the author! So it's standard in English?? (or American English?)

Yea, it's really weird. How can one know if the punctuation is supposed to be part of the quote or is it part of the whole sentence structure ?

[SupaKrupa]

Originally Posted by RMJ

Yea, it's really weird. How can one know if the punctuation is supposed to be part of the quote or is it part of the whole sentence structure ?

Take this for example:

You may want to look at a book called "Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America," by Mark Ehrman.

Think about what the book is called - Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America

The author wouldn't put a comma at the end of it and make it: Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America,

The punctuation is part of the quote if the quote has the punctuations in it (Example: "You're an Alizée fan, RMJ"). If not, it's always outside of the quotes as the punctuation is part of the ENTIRE sentence and not only the quote. In the case of the book, the quote is only the name of the book so it should not have the comma in the quote as the book name is/was not published with the comma in it (I hope not anyways...).

Hope this isn't too confusing

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by SupaKrupa

Take this for example:

You may want to look at a book called "Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America," by Mark Ehrman.

Think about what the book is called - Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America

The author wouldn't put a comma at the end of it and make it: Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America,

The punctuation is part of the quote if the quote has the punctuations in it (Example: "You're an Alizée fan, RMJ"). If not, it's always outside of the quotes as the punctuation is part of the ENTIRE sentence and not only the quote. In the case of the book, the quote is only the name of the book so it should not have the comma in the quote as the book name is/was not published with the comma in it (I hope not anyways...).

Hope this isn't too confusing

You're defining the non-American way of doing it. The American way says the puncuation is ALWAYS inside the quote regardless of wether or not what is being quoted has any punctuation in it.

'You may want to look at a book called "Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America," by Mark Ehrman.'

This is actually correct by American standards.