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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM Author: abnormal vibrant space hominid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126082) |
Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM Author: violent cruel-hearted associate 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: Khaki supple library 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: comical dun dilemma (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: Poppy office 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: ocher trip institution scourge upon the earth 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: violent cruel-hearted associate 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: ocher trip institution scourge upon the earth 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: mustard big range pisswyrm 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: violent cruel-hearted associate 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: diverse sound barrier turdskin 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: anal odious abode 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: abnormal vibrant space hominid (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: Poppy office 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: vigorous bull headed famous landscape painting (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: Khaki supple library (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: Tantric hell More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126116) |