And also, Lisa, an example might look like this -- and bear in mind I'm watching football, so I have barbarians on my mind: American: "And them I asked, 'Didn't Peyton Manning break his neck and take a year off from football while he had 14 surgeries?'" "And my husband said, 'Yes, he still wants to play, but the Colts said, "No, not for us, you're a mess." But the Broncos said, "We'll take you!"'" British (reverse all of them): 'And them I asked, "Didn't Peyton Manning break his neck and take a year off from football while he had 14 surgeries?"' 'And my husband said, "Yes, he still wants to play, but the Colts said, 'No, not for us, you're a mess.' But the Broncos said, 'We'll take you!'"' Also, Lisa, sometimes I find that they don't put periods after the prefixes of people's and place's names. Like Mr Smith and Mrs Jones live in St Louis. Marilyn mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx On Oct 7, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The main one that I can think of is the quotation marks. Remember that in > American English the external quotation marks are double quotation marks and > the internal quotation marks are single. That will alternate with each level > of quotation, but it is unlikely that you will come across more than one > level of internal quotation. Bear in mind, though, that you may find a book > with British spelling and American punctuation. Fairly recently I scanned two > books in a row like that. I think what happened was that the book was > originally published in England, but that I was scanning an American reprint > and the spelling was allowed to stand, but the American publisher changed the > punctuation. > On 10/7/2012 7:50 PM, Lisa Gorden-Cushman wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am considering proofing a book, but it is in British English. Other than >> some of the spelling differences, what punctuation differences should I keep >> in mind? Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this book sounds good. >> >> Thanks, >> Lisa >> >> >> >> "Love is my strength" Palen Majere >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of >> available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.