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tblue37

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28. Usually, yes, but with the exception of a letter or a number in quotes, in which case it goes

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 09:35 PM

Jan 2019

outside.

I know that exception, but nowadays I tend to go ahead and put the period inside even when the quotation marks enclose a letter or numeral, because I assume my readers won't know about that exception.

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For a US audience, a period is to be placed within quotation marks. LanternWaste Jan 2019 #14

Usually, yes, but with the exception of a letter or a number in quotes, in which case it goes tblue37 Jan 2019 #28

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