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Old 10-25-2010, 03:18 PM   #203
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967 View Post
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.
No, I don't think I would, personally. I can't say why, but it looks wrong.

If there was a different punctuation mark at the end of the sentence, then obviously I would put that. Eg:

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Did she say "don't do that again."?
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