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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."

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Diverse disgusting stead
  04/21/17
it only goes inside the quote if the quotes are being used t...
provocative theater newt
  04/21/17
In the US they teach kids that it is ALWAYS correct to have ...
Curious bistre voyeur
  04/21/17
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lascivious travel guidebook
  04/21/17
I know. It is infuriating -- particularly when you are worki...
Ivory crackhouse mother
  04/21/17
Ok ty b/c it always drove me nuts that a period or question ...
startled mildly autistic location
  04/21/17
no they don't
provocative theater newt
  04/21/17
Yes they do
startled mildly autistic location
  04/21/17
They do. I was taught it. Newspapers all do it. I agree i...
Olive hateful elastic band
  04/21/17
actually, no. logical punctuation is the official style of m...
provocative theater newt
  04/21/17
i don't think this is correct. you may be thinking of questi...
Heady Nibblets
  04/21/17
Goes outside the quote if quote is around a "Defined Te...
180 Gaming Laptop
  04/21/17
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Diverse disgusting stead
  04/21/17
I thought this was never "correct". I just meant i...
Ivory crackhouse mother
  04/21/17
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Plum weed whacker brunch
  04/21/17
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Curious bistre voyeur
  04/21/17
More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative
crimson razzmatazz foreskin
  04/21/17


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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM
Author: Diverse disgusting stead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126082)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM
Author: provocative theater newt

it only goes inside the quote if the quotes are being used to quote speech. the way you used them in your op, the period goes outside the quote.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126104)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:55 AM
Author: Curious bistre voyeur

In the US they teach kids that it is ALWAYS correct to have them inside the quotation mark.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126114)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:56 AM
Author: lascivious travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126128)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:57 AM
Author: Ivory crackhouse mother

I know. It is infuriating -- particularly when you are working with a lawyer who "corrects" your positioning of a period outside quotes.

E.g., this is correct: Spaceporn laughably calls himself a "husband".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126149)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:59 AM
Author: startled mildly autistic location

Ok ty b/c it always drove me nuts that a period or question mark had to go inside the quotes when it didn't belong there.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126174)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 11:00 AM
Author: provocative theater newt

no they don't

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126191)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 11:01 AM
Author: startled mildly autistic location

Yes they do

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Date: April 21st, 2017 11:02 AM
Author: Olive hateful elastic band

They do. I was taught it. Newspapers all do it. I agree it's stupid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126209)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 11:04 AM
Author: provocative theater newt

actually, no. logical punctuation is the official style of many publications now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126237)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:56 AM
Author: Heady Nibblets

i don't think this is correct. you may be thinking of question marks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126130)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:57 AM
Author: 180 Gaming Laptop

Goes outside the quote if quote is around a "Defined Term".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126141)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:58 AM
Author: Diverse disgusting stead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126154)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 11:01 AM
Author: Ivory crackhouse mother

I thought this was never "correct". I just meant it as a "joke".

^ titcp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126199)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:54 AM
Author: Plum weed whacker brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126106)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:54 AM
Author: Curious bistre voyeur



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:55 AM
Author: crimson razzmatazz foreskin

More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126116)