Hot take: if the punctuation wasn't in the original quotation then putting it in the quotation marks is a lie.https://twitter.com/BrianaReports/status/1303865286165229568 …
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
I 100% never understood why it goes in theres
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Replying to @Cybren @Nymphomachy
The primary reason for always putting the period at the end of a sentence inside the quotes was practical When printing was done with physical type, the " and the . were shaped such that they go directly over each other, making it look like ."
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If you tried to reverse the order to "., the . would just fall off the end of the line because it had nothing to attach to
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