Tasnif Style Guide

Tasnif Style Guide — Page 72

72 TAŞNİF STYLE GUIDE miraculous powers were never arrogated by the Prophet? The argument would have jeoparded [sic] the neck of the logician. . . ' Quotation Marks Quotation marks are used to identify spoken words or referenced material. There are single quotation marks [^] and double quota- tion marks [""]. Here, again, British and US styles differ. The British style— which International Tasnif adopts-places single quotation marks around quoted material, and double quotation marks around quoted material within quoted material. The US style is the exact opposite: double quotation marks around quoted mate- rial and single quotation marks around quoted material within quoted material. See the following illustrations: ■ 'Would you happen to know', the teacher asked, 'how to say "God is Great" in Arabic?' (British-Note that in British English, the quotation mark precedes the end punctuation unless the end punctuation is part of the quoted sentence. The comma after 'know' is placed outside the end quota- tion mark. ) "Would you happen to know,” the teacher asked, “how to say 'God is Great' in Arabic?" (US-Note that in the US English standard, the quotation mark is placed after the end punctuation even when the end punctuation is not part of the quoted sentence. The comma after 'know' is placed inside the end quotation mark. )