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  2. Quotation marks in English - Wikipedia

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    The prevailing style in the United Kingdom – called British style, [23] [25] logical quotation, [26] and logical punctuation [27] – is to include within quotation marks only those punctuation marks that appeared in the original quoted material and in which the punctuation mark fits with the sense of the quotation, but otherwise to place ...

  3. Bible citation - Wikipedia

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    This format is the one accepted by the Chicago Manual of Style to cite scriptural standard works. The MLA style is similar, but replaces the colon with a period. Citations in the APA style add the translation of the Bible after the verse. [5] For example, (John 3:16, New International Version).

  4. The Chicago Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Manual of Style (abbreviated as CMOS, TCM, or CMS, or sometimes as Chicago [1]) is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 18 editions (the most recent in 2024) have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing.

  5. Wikipedia : Guidance on applying the Manual of Style

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    The logical style is to include the mark of punctuation inside the quotation marks only if the sense of the mark of punctuation is part of the quotation. (A fuller treatment of the recommendations given here can be found in Fowler's Modern English Usage and other style guides for these countries, some of which vary in fine details.) For example ...

  6. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Abbreviations/Archive 4

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    The comma usage there is more likely simple American style of including it before quotation marks, not intended as part of the abbreviation. Or another way: "e" is for exempli, "g" is for gratia, the periods denote the abbreviation of those words, and the comma is nowhere to be found within the abbreviation.

  7. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive (quotes and quote ...

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    When punctuating quoted passages, put punctuation where it belongs, inside or outside the quotation marks, depending on the meaning, not rigidly within the quotation marks. This is the British style. This sound appealing; even as an American, I have never quite accepted the idea that punctuation should go inside the quotes as often as style ...

  8. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Punctuation inside or outside

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    (The very quote is being questioned, so the question mark belongs outside; any punctuation at the end of the original quote is omitted.) When a quoted sentence fragment ends in a period, some judgment is required: if the fragment communicates a complete sentence, the period can be placed inside.

  9. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works - Wikipedia

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    Generally, the guidelines on typographic conformity in quoted material also apply to titles of works, including normalization of dashes and quotation marks, conversion of various emphasis techniques, cleanup of punctuation, and use of italics for things like scientific names of species.