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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM Author: Clear exciting pervert gas station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126082) |
Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM Author: Hot bearded fanboi reading party 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: odious lettuce boistinker 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: heady abode brethren (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: Angry crystalline sneaky criminal 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". |
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:59 AM Author: cyan parlor prole 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.
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Date: April 21st, 2017 11:00 AM Author: Hot bearded fanboi reading party 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: cyan parlor prole Yes they do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126204) |
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Date: April 21st, 2017 11:02 AM Author: Charismatic sick theatre 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: Hot bearded fanboi reading party 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: vivacious weed whacker gay wizard 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: Sadistic Market Juggernaut 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: Clear exciting pervert gas station (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: Angry crystalline sneaky criminal I thought this was never "correct". I just meant it as a "joke".
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:54 AM Author: Coral house hissy fit (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: odious lettuce boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126111) |
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:55 AM Author: Laughsome Theater More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126116) |