• Verdant Banana
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    27 days ago

    TIL

    American style “Economic systems,” according to Professor White, “are an inevitable byproduct of civilization, and are, as John Doe said, ‘with us whether we want them or not.’”

    British style uses single quotes (‘) for initial quotations, then double quotes (“) for quotations within the initial quotation.

    British style ‘Economic systems’, according to Professor White, ‘are an inevitable byproduct of civilization, and are, as John Doe said, “with us whether we want them or not”’.

    British style looks better and more functional

    • adr1an
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      13 days ago

      Interesting! Python and Bash do the same as British.