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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM Author: Copper university (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126082) |
Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM Author: Wonderful Violet National Security Agency 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: concupiscible bronze potus 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: cracking crimson boistinker sweet tailpipe (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: Navy maniacal travel guidebook doctorate 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: Kink-friendly Stead 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: Wonderful Violet National Security Agency 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: Kink-friendly Stead 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: Chocolate thriller plaza gunner 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: Wonderful Violet National Security Agency 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: crusty theater therapy 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: rebellious kitchen 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: Copper university (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: Navy maniacal travel guidebook doctorate 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: ruby azn (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: concupiscible bronze potus (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: Comical Topaz Parlour Wagecucks More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126116) |