I tend to put the punctuation with the bit it modifies:

Post #89,424 by tseliot 3/19/03 11:48:33 AM Reply	I tend to put the punctuation with the bit it modifies: "You see," said Confucius, "what Li Po meant to say was, 'It's all about context'." But then I'm a bit too used to parenthesis-bound expression--extending that behavior to quote marks isn't much of a stretch. Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance - Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation. BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
Post #89,472 by jake123 3/19/03 1:56:02 PM Reply	Actually, that's correct. If the period is part of the quote (ie- the quote ends at the end of a sentence) you put it inside the quote, otherwise, it goes outside. The only modification permissible to the inside of the quote is that a period in the quotation must become a comma if the end of the quotation doesn't end the containing sentence, or a comma must become a period if it will also signal the end of the containing sentence. At least, that's how I was taught to do it. George Bush said, "You've got 48 hours to get out of Dodge, Saddam." "You've got 48 hours to get out of Dodge, Saddam," said George Bush. George Bush gave Saddam "48 hours" to leave the town of Dodge. Saddam has "48 hours to get out", according to Bush. Bush gave Saddam "48 hours to get out of Dodge." Bush told Saddam to leave within "48 hours". I hope that gives a general idea... --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #89,490 by tseliot 3/19/03 3:25:05 PM Reply	I'd sure like to see the MILSPEC on punctuation So we wouldn't have to actually come to statistical consensus on how the world works. We could just look it up and say "that's the correct way." As it stands, we have to actually discuss culturally-generated phenomena. Ick. Dirty. Personally, my only authority is the LRPD... :) Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance - Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation. BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10 Yes, I'm ragging you for using language like, "this way of writing is the correct way..." Boo. Hiss.
Post #89,491 by admin 3/19/03 3:27:38 PM Reply	ObLRPD: "Trust me..." Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #89,494 by drewk 3/19/03 3:33:59 PM Reply	Here it is All in one convenient [link\|http://www.ap.org/pages/order.html\|location]. And yes, for U.S. DoD personnel, that is the MILSPEC. Oh, and you might also want [link\|http://www.bartleby.com/141/\|this one]. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #89,510 by Ashton 3/19/03 4:46:56 PM Reply	"L'R.'P"D___R \ufffd L E Z__! !__yesss my pressciousss
Post #89,514 by admin 3/19/03 4:57:33 PM Reply	Of course: "Certainly mighty proud to say, I'm always mighty proud to say it." Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

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