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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's right, yes. Under the British system, a full stop (period) or comma only goes inside the quotes if it forms a part of the material being quoted.
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And would you then put another full stop outside the quotes if it were the end of the whole sentence? e.g.
She moved towards him and said, "Don't do that again.".
I would, because otherwise the non-quoted bit has no concluding punctuation mark, but always think that it looks a bit odd.