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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."
| turquoise well-lubricated keepsake machete | 04/21/17 |
| stubborn fanboi | 04/21/17 |
| beady-eyed peach dysfunction | 04/21/17 |
| embarrassed to the bone translucent parlor nibblets | 04/21/17 |
| At-the-ready stirring coffee pot locale | 04/21/17 |
| Copper kitchen codepig | 04/21/17 |
| stubborn fanboi | 04/21/17 |
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| arousing state | 04/21/17 |
| stubborn fanboi | 04/21/17 |
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| turquoise well-lubricated keepsake machete | 04/21/17 |
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| beady-eyed peach dysfunction | 04/21/17 |
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM Author: turquoise well-lubricated keepsake machete (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126082) |
Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM Author: stubborn fanboi 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: beady-eyed peach dysfunction 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: embarrassed to the bone translucent parlor nibblets (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: At-the-ready stirring coffee pot locale 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: Copper kitchen codepig 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: stubborn fanboi 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: Copper kitchen codepig 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: arousing state 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: stubborn fanboi 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: Flesh Talking Mad Cow Disease 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: carmine sweet tailpipe hall 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: turquoise well-lubricated keepsake machete (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: At-the-ready stirring coffee pot locale 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: lilac razzmatazz ticket booth (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: beady-eyed peach dysfunction (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: cracking bull headed parlour ladyboy More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126116) |