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>In a quotation that isn't a computer command, if the quotation is a
>complete sentence -- and if it ALSO ends the sentence in which the
>quotation is being used -- then I put the concluding period inside the
>quotation marks.
>
>Like so:
> Henry said his new pillow is "very soft".
> Henry said, "my new pillow is very soft."
>
>These are my own stylistic choices, and they're not conventions that I
>would "enforce" within my group, except for the one about not-enclosing
>a comma when quoting a computer command unless the comma is actually
>part of the command.
>
I've always used a different typeface for commands to eliminate the marks
completely.
--Wayne
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