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| feedback-fowlers-rules-quotation | Steward uses Fowler's rules for quotation — single quotes primary, double for nested, logical (British) punctuation-quote order. Apply across all writing. |
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Steward's quotation style is Fowler's (the King's English / Modern English Usage tradition), not American convention.
Primary quotation: single quotes '…'
Nested quotation: double quotes "…"
Punctuation order: logical / British — only punctuation belonging to the quoted matter goes inside the quotes; punctuation belonging to the framing sentence goes outside.
Apply this to all writing in ARC and elsewhere unless the steward explicitly says otherwise.
Why: the steward's spelling comes from Canadian education (so words like organised, honour, centre appear; Canadian English mixes British and American). The punctuation choice — Fowler's / logical / single-primary — is a deliberate alignment to British convention for European-context reasons (the steward is based in Barcelona and works across the European concert circuit; British typographic punctuation is the European-aligned choice over American). The two are distinct: Canadian spelling does not entail British punctuation; the steward has chosen them separately. Both apply across the steward's work.
American "double-quotes primary, periods always inside" is the wrong convention.
How to apply:
- When quoting a master verbatim in body prose:
'…'not"…" - When quoting within a quote: outer single, inner double
- Period inside single quotes ONLY when the period belongs to the quoted sentence (i.e., the quote ends a complete sentence). Period outside when the period belongs to the larger framing sentence and the quoted material is a fragment or phrase.
- In markdown, use straight
'…'— pandoc smart-punctuation converts to curly'…'automatically.
Surfaced from: 2026-05-19, during /aldine-xxi/ page rewrite. I had inadvertently used American convention (doubles primary, period inside regardless); steward corrected with "single quotes no? Fowler's rules."
Related: user-arc-british-english (the steward writes British English by default).