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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."
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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM Author: Canary boyish gaming laptop nursing home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126082) |
Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM Author: Fragrant Prole Business Firm 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: Milky space haunted graveyard 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: Contagious locale (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: galvanic navy generalized bond 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: beady-eyed fuchsia stage 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: Fragrant Prole Business Firm 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: beady-eyed fuchsia stage 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: Stirring house dysfunction 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: Fragrant Prole Business Firm 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: Twinkling address fat ankles 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: Electric half-breed 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: Canary boyish gaming laptop nursing home (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: galvanic navy generalized bond 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: Hairless At-the-ready Jap (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: Milky space haunted graveyard (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: charismatic lilac theater stage mood More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126116) |