On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 11:08:49AM +0000, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 10:23:38AM GMT, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 08:31:00AM +0000, Raf Czlonka wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Pretty straightforward - comma snuck in inside the quoted book title. > > > > This is how I learned it. Myabe a bit old-fashinoed, but not wrong. > > > > -Otto > > Hi Otto, > > Unless I'm misunderstanding CMOS (i.e. american style), comma would > indeed be *inside* quotes, when we are actually "using" quotes, > i.e. quoting text, or quotes are a part of a boot title itself. >
hi. you can use quotes in this way, and you are "using" them. i think the distinction about what they're used for is irrelevant. as i understand it, US english would have the comma inside the quotes (as they are here), and UK english probably less likely. personally i would write with the comma outside the quotes in this case. > Here, however, quotes are used *instead of* italics to represent > the book title itself, so, i.e. in print, they wouldn't be present > at all. > i don;t think that's relevant. > The below is a bibliographical reference (of sorts) so the comma > should merely separate the book title from the publisher. > > Unfortunately, the finer details of CMOS are behind a paywall so I > can't confirm that categorically. > > Chances are, I might be wrong, though. In which case, I'd appreciate > pointing me to the source :^) > since what we have is not wrong (as such), i don;t see a need to change it. jmc
