From: "Ernest Lilley" <elilley at mindspring.com>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Quotation Marks Question
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:39:36 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

I'm sure that you folks will have an answer (possibly more than one) to
a question that nags at me.

When using quotation marks in general, punctuation appears within the
marks, but I'm not sure about when used to denote a colloquialism.

Which is right?

I went to the store to get a "something tasty."
I went to the store to get a "something tasty".

Strunk and White is terribly helpful. They say not to go there in
general, as colloquialism's are "condescending." Since I'm quoting them,
there's no question where the punctuation goes.

Time for more coffee.

Hmmm?

Ernest