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periods inside quotes is a SPS grammar "convention."

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french range
  04/21/17
it only goes inside the quote if the quotes are being used t...
Frisky senate
  04/21/17
In the US they teach kids that it is ALWAYS correct to have ...
Vermilion black woman
  04/21/17
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Provocative Whorehouse
  04/21/17
I know. It is infuriating -- particularly when you are worki...
copper indecent step-uncle's house
  04/21/17
Ok ty b/c it always drove me nuts that a period or question ...
trip fishy twinkling uncleanness
  04/21/17
no they don't
Frisky senate
  04/21/17
Yes they do
trip fishy twinkling uncleanness
  04/21/17
They do. I was taught it. Newspapers all do it. I agree i...
Slippery lettuce
  04/21/17
actually, no. logical punctuation is the official style of m...
Frisky senate
  04/21/17
i don't think this is correct. you may be thinking of questi...
Learning Disabled Macaca
  04/21/17
Goes outside the quote if quote is around a "Defined Te...
Ruddy Knife Wagecucks
  04/21/17
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french range
  04/21/17
I thought this was never "correct". I just meant i...
copper indecent step-uncle's house
  04/21/17
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Bearded cracking resort
  04/21/17
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Vermilion black woman
  04/21/17
More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative
Wonderful Gaped Dilemma Genital Piercing
  04/21/17


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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:51 AM
Author: french range



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3591096&forum_id=2#33126082)



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:53 AM
Author: Frisky senate

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: Vermilion black woman

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: Provocative Whorehouse



(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: copper indecent step-uncle's house

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: trip fishy twinkling uncleanness

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: Frisky senate

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: trip fishy twinkling uncleanness

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: Slippery lettuce

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: Frisky senate

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: Learning Disabled Macaca

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: Ruddy Knife Wagecucks

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: french range



(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: copper indecent step-uncle's house

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: Bearded cracking resort



(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: Vermilion black woman



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Date: April 21st, 2017 10:55 AM
Author: Wonderful Gaped Dilemma Genital Piercing

More aesthetically pleasing than the alternative

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