Here are some of the most common differences between British and American academic English. British English uses single quotation marks to indicate quotations or dialogue. The UWSC says, 'This is how ...

Why? Because that’s the rule in American English: a period or comma always comes before a closing quotation mark or single quotation mark. British English is different, and some influential ...

British English doesn’t follow it ... s demise because the online encyclopedia follows British style for quotation marks. Most of our friends, family and favorite bloggers make the mistake ...

There are even more differences in how Americans and Brits punctuate: Brits place commas and periods outside of quotation marks while Americans place them inside. And, British English does not add ...

Andrew Heisel’s Lexicon Valley article last year on single versus double quotation ... British practice. There may yet be hope of reconciliation. Of late, Britain’s contrarian speech marks ...