- English Grammar
- Where should periods and commas go, inside or outside quotation marks? - eigopedia
- This is a question that often comes up during essay writing and is specific to American English.
- Among the strange rules I know, this one is particularly confusing (blu3mo).
- It doesn’t seem to make any sense at all.
- It’s even more confusing from a programming perspective.
- It’s like being told to write
print "hello;"instead ofprint "hello";.
- It’s like being told to write
- The reason for this rule is explained in an article by the Modern Language Association (MLA) Why do periods and commas go inside quotation marks in MLA style? | MLA Style Center.
- It seems to be a remnant of an old issue with kerning.
- Who would have thought?
- It’s interesting how grammar can change due to technical considerations like this.