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[link|http://www.wilbers.com/part20.htm|Citing the Chicago Manual of Style"]:

Here is how \ufffdThe Chicago Manual of Style\ufffd (14th ed., pp. 160-61) describes the rationale behind its position:

Periods with Quotation Marks

AMERICAN STYLE

5.11

When a declarative or an imperative sentence is enclosed in quotation marks, the period ending the sentence is, in what may be called the American style, placed inside the closing quotation mark. If the quoted sentence is included within another sentence, its terminal period is omitted or replaced by a comma, as required, unless it comes at the end of the including sentence. In the latter case, a single period serves both sentences and is placed inside the closing quotation mark.

\ufffdThere is no reason to inform the president.\ufffd

\ufffdIt won\ufffdt be necessary to inform the president, \ufffd said Emerson.

Emerson replied nervously, \ufffdThe president doesn\ufffdt wish to be informed about such things.\ufffd

BRITISH VERSUS AMERICAN STYLE

5.13

The British style of positioning periods and commas in relation to the closing quotation mark is based on the same logic that in the American system governs the placement of question marks and exclamation points; if they belong to the quoted material, they are placed within the closing quotation mark; if they belong to the including sentence as a whole, they are placed after the quotation mark. The British style is strongly advocated by some American language experts. In defense of nearly a century and a half of the American style, however, it may be said that it seems to have been working fairly well and has not resulted in serious miscommunication. Whereas there clearly is some risk with question marks and exclamation points, there seems little likelihood that readers will be misled concerning the period or comma. There may be some risk in such specialized material as textual criticism, but in that case author and editors may take care to avoid the danger by alternative phrasing or by employing, in this exacting field, the exacting British system. In linguistic and philosophical works, specialized terms are regularly punctuated the British way, along with the use of single quotation marks. With these qualifications, the University of Chicago Press continues to recommend the American style for periods and commas.


So there. :-p

Cheers,
Scott.
(Who agrees that the British system makes more sense, but I didn't make the rules - I just try to follow them. Usually...)
New But, but, but... Holy cow, that makes it even *worse*!
So you guys DO ALREADY follow a simple, sensible, and logical system -- only, for some incomprehensible reason, you limit its use to question- and exclamation marks...? But, in stead of just using that eminently simple and sensible system for *all* punctuation, you went and made up another, more complicated, illogical and inconsistent one, for the oh-so-special cases of full stops ("periods") and commas?!?

That, however much those wonks in Chicago try to rationalize it, means it ALL makes EVEN LESS sense than I originally thought!

And, BTW, their gibbering about "...employing, in this exacting field, the exacting British system" is just fucking ridiculous -- the "British" is a SIMPLER, much more OBVIOUS system; it's certainly not more "exacting" to USE than the weird American arcana where full stops turn into commas in *some* circumstances (Microsoft stock falling, IBM rising, and a north-westerly wind at a steady temperature?) and commas into full stops in others (Pepsi-Cola sales down, Coca-Cola up, and a Thursday night with a full moon?). Pure fucking drivel.


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New LRPD: Yes, m'lord.
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New Re: But, but, but... Holy cow, that makes it even *worse*!
"Nevertheless this is America, that's how we do it, and if you diss the Chicago Manual of Style again we'll carpet-bomb Helsinki," he promised.

cordially,
"Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."
New Ay-yup.
New Ay-yup.
     ICLRPD :-) - (Another Scott) - (22)
         Thanks. - (bepatient)
         Your "fix" is WRONG. The full stop goes OUTSIDE the quotes. - (CRConrad) - (20)
             Just curious - is it (US) correct to put punctuation inside? -NT - (Meerkat) - (2)
                 Yup. It goes back to typesetting days... -NT - (Another Scott) - (1)
                     Ah, so here in Australia we're taught "properly". :) Thanks! -NT - (Meerkat)
             Agreed. The American standard is wrong. - (ChrisR) - (7)
                 I tend to put the punctuation with the bit it modifies: - (tseliot) - (6)
                     Actually, that's correct. - (jake123) - (5)
                         I'd sure like to see the MILSPEC on punctuation - (tseliot) - (4)
                             ObLRPD: "Trust me..." -NT - (admin)
                             Here it is - (drewk)
                             "L'R.'P"D___R \ufffd L E Z__! !__yesss my pressciousss -NT - (Ashton) - (1)
                                 Of course: - (admin)
             Heh.. saw that.. thought, Oh Well - (Ashton) - (1)
                 "Advertainment". I like that. - (static)
             Far be it from me that I disappoint... - (Another Scott) - (6)
                 But, but, but... Holy cow, that makes it even *worse*! - (CRConrad) - (5)
                     LRPD: It is a silly place____[!!] -NT - (Ashton) - (1)
                         LRPD: Yes, m'lord. -NT - (Meerkat)
                     Re: But, but, but... Holy cow, that makes it even *worse*! - (rcareaga) - (2)
                         Ay-yup. -NT - (CRConrad)
                         Ay-yup. -NT - (CRConrad)

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