Editing Punctuation (section)

==In English==
{{Main|English punctuation|Quotation mark|Comma}}
There are two major styles of punctuation in English: British or American. These two styles differ mainly in the way in which they handle quotation marks, particularly in conjunction with other punctuation marks. In British English, punctuation marks such as full stops and commas are placed inside the quotation mark only if they are part of what is being quoted, and placed outside the closing quotation mark if part of the containing sentence.  In American English, however, such punctuation is generally placed inside the closing quotation mark regardless. This rule varies for other punctuation marks; for example, American English follows the British English rule when it comes to semicolons, colons, question marks, and exclamation points.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chelsea|first1=Lee|title=Punctuating Around Quotation Marks|url=http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/08/punctuating-around-quotation-marks.html|website=APA Style|publisher=American Psychological Association|access-date=16 February 2017}}</ref>{{explain|date=October 2019}} The [[serial comma]] is used much more often in the United States than in the UK.