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Originally Posted by meme
I just don't get that. I could never figure out why the comma would go inside the quote, especially since you mention colons, etc. don't go inside quotes. I wonder what the reasoning was behind this.
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It's probably related to manual typesetting, and the "rule" is that low punctuation (comma, period) go before high punctuation (quote marks). I don't know the exact reason for this rule, is it just aesthetic? something practical about the handling of lead types?