Re: Free books

From	Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	rec.arts.books.childrens, rec.arts.books, alt.books, alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: Free books
Date	2025-08-03 07:01 +0100
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Le 03/08/2025 à 02:29, Peter Moylan a écrit :
> 
> I have vaguely noticed that there are punctuation differences between
> AusE and AmE, but have never seen a place where the difference in rules
> is explained. The only one that really sticks out for me is the
> illogical placement of commas and periods on the wrong side of a
> quotation mark.
It's usual in AmE to use double inverted commas for speech (and that's 
also my preference, because of their extra weight on the page), whereas 
single inverted commas are usual in BrE.

The Americans also use a full stop after abbreviations such as Dr. and 
Mr.. (That double full stop is a Hibouisme - la logique avant tout !) In 
BrE, a full stop is used if the last letter of the abbreviation is not 
the last letter of the word - etc., Feb., Rev., but Mr not Mr. - and to 
avoid ambiguity - to the relief of the infamous coy. commander.

That's all that comes to mind for the moment.

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