If it was a period I can see the argument (and I'm still not clear on what's right), but a comma? I can't see any reason why you would include a comma within the quotes. Even if the quote had a comma in the original, you're quoting the part before the comma.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean, I'm pretty certain I was taught in school to do things like this:

"It's only a block away," she said.

And, yeah. I definitely prefer (all else being equal):

"It's only a block away", she said.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Logically I prefer it but visually, I hate the way the quotation mark makes a weird space before the comma

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hrm. What would you think of a ligature or unicode trick that would let you make roughly-speaking on "character" that put the quotes directly above the comma and was only as wide as the wider of the two individual characters? I could maybe get behind that.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I wouldn't mind it as shorthand in writing but I think it'd just be weird to have a defined symbol for something so specific

[–] webpack@ani.social 2 points 3 months ago

well if you do it the other way there's a space between the quote and the letter so the only difference is if the space is above or below (personally I prefer "", probably because of coding)

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Whether you follow the rule or not, you need to have learned it.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How can I learn a rule I've never heard of? Or ever used, I've never quoted something and needed to keep the comma in. Give me an example.

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, either you're quoting something that includes the comma and already has a place or you don't need to end a quote with a comma. It's just messy.