Beth Benoit wrote:
> And one that I see so often I'm considering having a stamp
> made with the rule:
>
> In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks
> regardless of logic. But even if the sense of the sentence
> doesn't seem right, the comma and period are still inside.
I'm a conscientious objector with respect to that rule. I know that
there are plenty of language rules that don't make sense, but that one
particularly irks me, and I intend to keep putting those commas and periods
where they SHOULD be (i.e. OUTside the quotation marks) even if it means
that people think that I don't know any better.
I know it's not quite "hell no, we won't go", but if they ask me
what I'm rebelling against as I zoom up on my cycle in my leather jacket,
that'd be it.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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