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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM Author: ebony doctorate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126082) |
Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM Author: Orange startling plaza 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: Electric confused sneaky criminal point 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: insanely creepy trailer park (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: Self-centered marvelous crotch internal respiration 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: Bright dingle berry 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: Orange startling plaza 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: Bright dingle berry 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: Motley territorial piazza 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: Orange startling plaza 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: Twisted Institution Codepig 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: big scarlet indian lodge stock car 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: ebony doctorate (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: Self-centered marvelous crotch internal respiration 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: Stirring New Version Ratface (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: Electric confused sneaky criminal point (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: Brilliant sanctuary circlehead More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126116) |