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I agree entirely with William. I can't see how you can put the punctuation inside quotation marks as a blanket rule without mangling the meaning in many cases.
> Back when I was learning to write in a dark cave huddled against dinosaurs and sabertooth tigers, my teachers made a point of saying you include the punctuation inside the quotation if it is part of that phrase or sentence and outside if it has nothing to do with the quotation unless they would be the same either way.
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> For example:
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> 1. He said, "Let's go to the movies."
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> 2. We should look at "Let's go to".
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> 3. Did you hear him say "Let's go to the movies"?
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> Obviously, if you move the question mark inside on the last one, it changes the meaning completely, as he did not say "Let's go to the movies?" but rather "Let's go to the movies."
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> In 2, a period after "to" is not correct as it is not a complete sentence.
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>> Lauren wrote:
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>>> For people who use the convention of punctuation outside of a closing
>>> quote that may not seem so odd.
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>> That would be Brits. And programmers. :-)
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