Me too! I think "grey" is just much prettier than "gray". And I've always been a little confused about "travelling", to be honest.
(For this comment, I decided to use the logical British system I just learned, which puts punctuation inside quotes if it relates to the quote, and outside if it relates to the entire sentence. The American system has never made much sense to me.)
The American system has never made much sense to me.
The way old printing presses were set up, the American system prevented the punctuation from getting lost. At least, that's what I've been told. Now it's just silly.
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Date: 2004-07-28 10:05 pm (UTC)(For this comment, I decided to use the logical British system I just learned, which puts punctuation inside quotes if it relates to the quote, and outside if it relates to the entire sentence. The American system has never made much sense to me.)
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Date: 2004-07-28 10:07 pm (UTC)The way old printing presses were set up, the American system prevented the punctuation from getting lost. At least, that's what I've been told. Now it's just silly.