i want to move to paris.

[SupaKrupa]

Errr yeh, forgot to mention that I was explaining the non-American way...

[DJ_Greg]

Originally Posted by HibyPrime

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.

Except in the case of:

Have you read "Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America"?

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by DJ_Greg

Except in the case of:

Have you read the book "Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America"?

Opps! Sorry, question marks don't follow that standard, they are the only type of punctuation that are placed logically in American english.

[c-dawg777]

Not to proceed more off subject track or anything. When you refer a book, the title should be italisized. If you are refering an article (newspaper, magazine, or whatever), then the title will appear in quotations. The title of the article/book should remain untouched. Meaning all punctuation should be outside the title.

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

The way it should have been written.
You may want to look at a book called Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America, by Mark Ehrman.

This, of course, is for American English, as for other countries I have no idea.

"Italics are used for the titles of works of literature and art. (The titles of articles, chapters, and other short works are not italicized but are enclosed in double quotation marks.)"
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Quotations)

For further info on the subject... the above website has very good writing tips.

[RMJ]

LOL

Your posts kinda proves that it is confusing.



And SupaKrupa, I wasn't really asking how it works since it's not that hard to understand.

It's just doesn't have any point. Why to put comma inside quotes if you aren't quoting it. Quotation marks excatly what they are called, they marks the text you are quoting. So, if you aren't quoting the comma, then why on Earth to put it inside the quotation marks !

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by RMJ

It's just doesn't have any point. Why to put comma inside quotes if you aren't quoting it. Quotation marks excatly what they are called, they marks the text you are quoting. So, if you aren't quoting the comma, then why on Earth to put it inside the quotation marks !

Your rationality is scaring me, you remind me of myself (which is a bad thing, I'm pretty sure)...

On topic: I want to move to paris as soon as the money is available, I just have no clue what I'm going to do once I'm there... I figure I'm going to need a shitload of money since I will need to learn to speak the language fluently before I could get a job.. Maybe I could teach english? lol

[newalizeefan]

i wish i had such a better reason to move to paris...
such as (fake): Paris is the only place where i can teach piano for my age

haha thats fake but thats such a better reason then, i like paris and i hate the US.

[HibyPrime]

Originally Posted by newalizeefan

i wish i had such a better reason to move to paris...
such as (fake): Paris is the only place where i can teach piano for my age

haha thats fake but thats such a better reason then, i like paris and i hate the US.

Seems like a perfectly legit reason to me.

[bt_bird_90]

c'mon newalizeefan, please keep the hatred of certain countires to yourself, I can respect your right to an opinion but I'm invoking my own right to be an ass, try to keep that stuff off the forum at least, thanks

[rcs]

Newalizeefan,

I know what you mean about Sacramento. I lived there for a few years and kept waiting for that city to explode in population and fun. It never happened, but it's what you make of it I guess. If it makes you feel better, I remember reading that Sacto has the most trees for its size just 2nd to Paris. LOL


Good Luck with your conquest to move to Paris.