On 3/19/2021 1:55 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Nils Leif Fischer via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> >> gc:: >> Clean up unnecessary files and optimize the local repository. "GC" >> - stands for "garbage collection," but this task performs many >> + stands for "garbage collection", but this task performs many > > Isn't this merely an American style vs British style issue? Yes, I believe so. > https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks > https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/british-versus-american-style.html > https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/quotation_marks/more_quotation_mark_rules.html Specifically, this quote from your first link: Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks in American English; dashes, colons, and semicolons almost always go outside the quotation marks; question marks and exclamation marks sometimes go inside, sometimes stay outside. The only time I break this is when the exact string matters, such as referencing an exact command with options. In those cases, I try to restructure the sentence to avoid having a comma or period outside of the quote. Thanks, -Stolee
