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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."

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Apoplectic razzle ceo
  04/21/17
it only goes inside the quote if the quotes are being used t...
boyish station
  04/21/17
In the US they teach kids that it is ALWAYS correct to have ...
ruby exhilarant mad cow disease heaven
  04/21/17
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Fragrant erotic black woman rigor
  04/21/17
I know. It is infuriating -- particularly when you are worki...
Charcoal stirring property
  04/21/17
Ok ty b/c it always drove me nuts that a period or question ...
electric hominid ratface
  04/21/17
no they don't
boyish station
  04/21/17
Yes they do
electric hominid ratface
  04/21/17
They do. I was taught it. Newspapers all do it. I agree i...
Wonderful ebony dilemma national security agency
  04/21/17
actually, no. logical punctuation is the official style of m...
boyish station
  04/21/17
i don't think this is correct. you may be thinking of questi...
multi-colored range stock car
  04/21/17
Goes outside the quote if quote is around a "Defined Te...
Galvanic Field
  04/21/17
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Apoplectic razzle ceo
  04/21/17
I thought this was never "correct". I just meant i...
Charcoal stirring property
  04/21/17
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Swollen misanthropic police squad
  04/21/17
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ruby exhilarant mad cow disease heaven
  04/21/17
More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative
Federal seedy tank cruise ship
  04/21/17


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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM
Author: Apoplectic razzle ceo



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM
Author: boyish station

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: ruby exhilarant mad cow disease heaven

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: Fragrant erotic black woman rigor



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:57 AM
Author: Charcoal stirring property

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".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126149)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:59 AM
Author: electric hominid ratface

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.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126174)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 11:00 AM
Author: boyish station

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: electric hominid ratface

Yes they do

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Date: April 21st, 2017 11:02 AM
Author: Wonderful ebony dilemma national security agency

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: boyish station

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: multi-colored range stock car

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: Galvanic Field

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: Apoplectic razzle ceo



(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: Charcoal stirring property

I thought this was never "correct". I just meant it as a "joke".

^ titcp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126199)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:54 AM
Author: Swollen misanthropic police squad



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:54 AM
Author: ruby exhilarant mad cow disease heaven



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:55 AM
Author: Federal seedy tank cruise ship

More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126116)