With the whole punctuation inside (or don't you mean outside? O_O;;) closing quotation marks, I always thought putting it outside(?) was more logical than putting it inside(?) ala American style. When I was teaching myself to write stories back in eighth grade, that's how I taught myself, but then in university, I was given a wake up call on how it's not proper in American writing style. O_O;; So I had to force myself to do it the American way (even if I am American XD) in my formal essays, but I still refuse to do it in personal writings!
As for the semi-colon thing . . . that's definitely a personal style. I mean, it makes sense to use it, but at the same time, I was taught to not overdo it. XD I was taught to either use it to connect to independent clauses without a conjunction or use it in a certain listing format to not confuse the writer.
Buuuuut, it is distracting. I can see why you'd have trouble getting into it at first. Though I think you'll get used to it after a while XD
This was an interesting entry! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
As for the semi-colon thing . . . that's definitely a personal style. I mean, it makes sense to use it, but at the same time, I was taught to not overdo it. XD I was taught to either use it to connect to independent clauses without a conjunction or use it in a certain listing format to not confuse the writer.
Buuuuut, it is distracting. I can see why you'd have trouble getting into it at first. Though I think you'll get used to it after a while XD
This was an interesting entry! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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. . . Btw, is your website down? It doesn't seem to load in my browser O_O;
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