<p>...that in the directory of parents you can contact that Exeter sent out, they spelled Louisiana as "Louisanna"? I was dismayed...</p>
<p>!?!!?!!?!?!?!
from NOLA
that is absurd it’s not that hard.</p>
<p>haha, i saw that last night…
i was like, “wow… coming from exeter…”
oh well, everyone makes mistakes.</p>
<p>haha. my mom would be SO upset</p>
<p>Andover spelled “through” as “throught” in my FA letter. I knew it didn’t at all matter but I still felt a little embarrassed for the school</p>
<p>Content, content , cntent!</p>
<p>haha, i noticed that…
it was actually funny…coming from exeter…</p>
<p>Tom, didn’t you know that “throught” is the American spelling? ;)</p>
<p>Goodness me - I always get mixed up between American English and English English. Pardon me =P</p>
<p>hahaha lol. Just moved from Louisiana to Alberta. it’s still a bit of a shock to se COLOUR or METRE instead of COLOR or METER. not as big of a shock as the suckish food and general differnce of culture, but still. can’t wait to leave this godforsaken place.</p>
<p>My parents have heritage in a place that used british spelling… I struggle not to spell British style. Also, Americans quote like this “XXXXXX.” Makes no sense, periods need to be AFTER the quotation mark.</p>
<p>hahaha i was always taught to use periods before quotes. at least it’s not like French, their uotes look funny.</p>
<p>I continue to use my American spellings, even in Canada. As most american books and such use american spellings, you see a lot more of both here than you do in America.</p>
<p>Izzy.</p>
<p>Have some class. As a Canadian, I find it very offensive to read your post. “This God forsaken place?” </p>
<p>Wow, I’m sorry… but you’re doing your home country shame, and for that, YOU should be ashamed. </p>
<p>(I won’t talk about food… <em>cough</em>)</p>
<p>sorry. it’s not Canada, per se, just the fact that:
My school, a little jr. high full of poopooheads (see other threads, i dont care to elaborate) is not very welcoming at all. i have been here 6 months and i have no friends. I miss my old house, friends, school, and ultimately way of life. And the culture is so different. It’s just…weird…
Anyway, I didn’t mean it as an attack on Canada in general, just my situation.</p>
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<p>That is proper English, regardless of if it’s America, England, or Canada that you’re in. </p>
<p>That’s a pet peve of mine. I agree with you on the period placement completely. I wish more people knew that.</p>
<p>Woah. Periods go AFTER the quotation mark? I feel so stupid. :S</p>
<p>My fifth grade English teacher taught me to put it before, so… Oh, Jesus. Now I have to get used to putting it after… D’:</p>
<p>Well, at least I know proper English now? I think…?</p>
<p>Well, here, how about a little more clarification.</p>
<p>(Maybe you shouldn’t quote me on this.)</p>
<p>If you’re saying a sentence like; Bob said, “I love to go ourside,”.
the period would be placed on the outside because it ends the sentence (with I believe, I’ve never been quite positive on this one,) a comma before the quotes. </p>
<p>If you say; Joe yelled, “I like mushrooms!”.
You’d place the period where it is because, it ends the sentece, and then you place the excamation mark inside because it doesn’t apply to the rest of the sentence (kind of like parentheses in math sort of) </p>
<p>If you say; The greatness in America is apparent because, “truths [are] to be self evident that all men are created equal”. (Quoting Declaration of Independance, or it could be whatever for that matter.)
When you quote like that you put nothing inside since its an excerpt.</p>
<p>Yet again, don’t quote me. I’m not 100% positive. These are the things I’ve picked up.</p>
<p>[Quotation</a> Marks](<a href=“http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/marks/quotation.htm]Quotation”>http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/marks/quotation.htm)</p>
<p>“In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks regardless of logic.”</p>
<p>Hm, still not how I learned it, and I refuse to change. </p>
<p>It’s also news style from what I’ve heard from the school newpaper students who constantly complain about it.</p>
<p>musically latin, Tom’s right, and I can’t understand the logic of refusing to change when what you write is going to grate on the eyes of educated readers (like me, when I read your post above where every example is wrong, or more importantly, your teachers). You’re too young to be stuck in your erroneous ways!</p>