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		mdp2021 on Sept 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prefer the British Style of Quotation Mark Punctua... > the argument for the American style is aesthetics Absorption of set theory should make one cringe at 'Abc def. Ghi jkl. Mnop "qrs." Tuv...'. The quotation marks are logically included in the section beginning with 'M', then visually escape it.

mdp2021 on Sept 15, 2021 [–]

(Sorry I was rushing and could not ponder more to complete the above as desired)

...It is as if one wrote,

[Abc def] [Ghi jkl] [Mnop (qrs]) [Tuv...

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