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name: feedback-fowlers-rules-quotation
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description: "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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metadata:
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node_type: memory
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type: feedback
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originSessionId: cc62a4ed-b8b9-4b02-9b98-6af3f5830487
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---
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Steward's quotation style is **Fowler's** (the *King's English* / *Modern English Usage* tradition), not American convention.
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**Primary quotation:** single quotes `'…'`
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**Nested quotation:** double quotes `"…"`
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**Punctuation order:** logical / British — only punctuation belonging to the quoted matter goes inside the quotes; punctuation belonging to the framing sentence goes outside.
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Apply this to all writing in ARC and elsewhere unless the steward explicitly says otherwise.
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**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.**
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American "double-quotes primary, periods always inside" is the wrong convention.
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**How to apply:**
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- When quoting a master verbatim in body prose: `'…'` not `"…"`
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- When quoting within a quote: outer single, inner double
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- 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.
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- In markdown, use straight `'…'` — pandoc smart-punctuation converts to curly `'…'` automatically.
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**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."
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Related: [[user-arc-british-english]] (the steward writes British English by default).
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