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Many, but not all, of the above items should also be in title case. | Many, but not all, of the above items should also be in title case. | ||
=== | === Punctuation inside or outside === | ||
On the | On the UniWiki, use the "[[Wikipedia:Quotation marks in English#British practice|logical quotation]]" style in all articles, regardless of the variety of English in which they are written. Include terminal punctuation within the quotation marks only if it was present in the original material, and otherwise place it after the closing quotation mark. For the most part, this means treating periods and commas in the same way as question marks: Keep them inside the quotation marks if they apply only to the quoted material and outside if they apply to the whole sentence. Examples are given below. | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|Did Darla say, "There I am"?}} (mark applies to whole sentence) | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|No, she said, "Where am I?"}} (mark applies to quoted material only) | ||
If the quotation is a full sentence and it coincides with the end of the sentence containing it, place terminal punctuation inside the closing quotation mark. If the quotation is a single word or fragment, place the terminal punctuation outside. | If the quotation is a full sentence and it coincides with the end of the sentence containing it, place terminal punctuation inside the closing quotation mark. If the quotation is a single word or fragment, place the terminal punctuation outside. | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|Marlin said: "I need to find Nemo."}} | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|Marlin needed, he said, "to find Nemo".}} | ||
If the quoted sentence has been broken up with an editorial insertion, still include the terminal punctuation inside the closing quotation mark. | If the quoted sentence has been broken up with an editorial insertion, still include the terminal punctuation inside the closing quotation mark. | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|"I need", said Marlin, "to find Nemo."}} | ||
If the quoted sentence is followed by a [[clause]] that should be preceded by a comma, omit the [[full stop]] but other terminal punctuation, such as a question mark or exclamation mark, may be retained. A question should always end with a question mark. | If the quoted sentence is followed by a [[Wikipedia:Clause|clause]] that should be preceded by a comma, omit the [[Wikipedia:Full stop|full stop]] but other terminal punctuation, such as a question mark or exclamation mark, may be retained. A question should always end with a question mark. | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|Dory said, "Yes, I can read", which gave Marlin an idea.}} | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|Dory said, "Yes, I can read!", which gave Marlin an idea.}} | ||
If the quoted sentence is followed by a clause identifying the speaker, use a comma outside the quotation mark instead of a full stop inside it, but retain any other terminal punctuation, such as question marks. | If the quoted sentence is followed by a clause identifying the speaker, use a comma outside the quotation mark instead of a full stop inside it, but retain any other terminal punctuation, such as question marks. | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|"Why are you sleeping?", asked Darla.}} | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|"Fish are friends, not food", said Bruce.}} | ||
Do not follow quoted words or fragments with commas inside the quotation marks, except where a longer quotation has been broken up and the comma is part of the full quotation. | Do not follow quoted words or fragments with commas inside the quotation marks, except where a longer quotation has been broken up and the comma is part of the full quotation. | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|"Fish are friends," said Bruce, "not food."}} | ||
: {{ | : {{dothis|"Why", asked Darla, "are you sleeping?"}} | ||
=== Brackets and parentheses === | === Brackets and parentheses === | ||