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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."
| Bateful Base | 04/21/17 |
| orange free-loading useless brakes | 04/21/17 |
| arousing property queen of the night | 04/21/17 |
| avocado stimulating regret immigrant | 04/21/17 |
| blathering mind-boggling whorehouse liquid oxygen | 04/21/17 |
| magical gunner gaping | 04/21/17 |
| orange free-loading useless brakes | 04/21/17 |
| magical gunner gaping | 04/21/17 |
| gold den tank | 04/21/17 |
| orange free-loading useless brakes | 04/21/17 |
| Azure Institution | 04/21/17 |
| Yellow Comical Stead | 04/21/17 |
| Bateful Base | 04/21/17 |
| blathering mind-boggling whorehouse liquid oxygen | 04/21/17 |
| Metal jew orchestra pit | 04/21/17 |
| arousing property queen of the night | 04/21/17 |
| Bat Shit Crazy Business Firm | 04/21/17 |
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM Author: Bateful Base (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126082) |
Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM Author: orange free-loading useless brakes 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: arousing property queen of the night 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: avocado stimulating regret immigrant (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: blathering mind-boggling whorehouse liquid oxygen 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: magical gunner gaping 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 free-loading useless brakes 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: magical gunner gaping 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: gold den tank 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 free-loading useless brakes 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: Azure Institution 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: Yellow Comical Stead 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: Bateful Base (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: blathering mind-boggling whorehouse liquid oxygen 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: Metal jew orchestra pit (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: arousing property queen of the night (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: Bat Shit Crazy Business Firm More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126116) |