ESL General English Grammar Questions

ESL General English Grammar Questionshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)Re: Punctuation: U.S. v.s. British stylehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationBritishStyle/gxqgw/post.htm#574655Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:54:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574655Gori0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationBritishStyle/gxqgw/post.htm#574655http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-574655.xmlThank you very much for your comment.Re: Punctuation: U.S. v.s. British stylehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationBritishStyle/gxqgw/post.htm#574643Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:54:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574643Grammar Geek1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationBritishStyle/gxqgw/post.htm#574643http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-574643.xmlGori, there are many, many threads on this already. In the US, the period and comma always, always go inside the (double) quotation marks. It's not logical, but it's how it's done. Always.Punctuation: U.S. v.s. British stylehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationBritishStyle/gxqgw/post.htmFri, 27 Feb 2009 01:54:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574642Gori2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationBritishStyle/gxqgw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-574642.xmlDear native speakers (this time, especially, U.S., Canada, and U.K.), I have long been confronting the problem related to the usage of commas and periods in quotation marks. I know that periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks in U.S. style; but they are not in British style. Example) U.S. style) I said, "I cannot do this." British style) I said, "I cannot do this". Here are my questions: 1. Is it really true? 2. Do British/Canadian people use double quotation marks in such a case, not single quotation marks? Or does it depend on the writer (which to use, single or double quotation marks)? 3. Is it true that, in American style, commas and periods are placed outside quotation marks if the word...