Current annoyances

[slemslempike]

People putting punctuation inside quotation marks. I know it's the rule for North Americans, but it's wrong and people should be better.

Having to count how many "r"s different writers use for "grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl" (it's usually substantially fewer than that) because this easy-flowing, self-defining, reclaiming thing is ALL WELL AND GOOD, but I am all about consistency and standards and blanket rules that stifle all creative expression.

I'm HUNGRY and all my food is in my office.

Comments

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Then it BECOMES a question. I know, it's ridiculous, and it causes confusion, so you can't always tell if the punctuation has been added or if it was in the original. I don't have an American book near me so I can't check to see what happens then.

[alltheleaves.livejournal.com]

I feel like you should probably sit down and explain this to me with examples as I still feel quite stupid about it all.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I think that the UK way is the only one that makes it clear exactly what you're citing.

US: alltheleaves asserts that "you should probably sit down and explain this to me with examples," which she thinks would help. She says she feels "quite stupid about it all!"

UK: alltheleaves asserts that "you should probably sit down and explain this to me with examples", which she thinks would help. She says she feels "quite stupid about it all"!