British English

grammar-and-mechanics

When you end a sentence that contains quotation marks, the period’s placement depends on whether you are using American or British conventions and whether the quoted material...

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evergreen

Dogging is a British slang term with multiple, context-dependent meanings, most commonly referring to the act of secretly watching people engage in sexual activity in a public p...

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style-and-grammar

In American English, a period always goes inside closing quotation marks, so writers end sentences with that pattern. In British English, period placement depends on logic, so t...

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