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Quotation mark placement question

If, following University of Chicago style, I end a sentence by saying ... to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" does the period come before or after the closing quotation mark?
  

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[nq:1]If, following University of Chicago style, I end a sentence by saying ... S. is to put the period inside the quotation marks.

  • [nq:1]If, following University of Chicago style, I end a sentence by saying ...
  • S.
  • is to put the period inside the quotation marks.
  • The British standard says to put the period where it logically belongs.
  • "O Tannenbaum" is not a sentence, therefore it requires no period and the period should go outside the quotation mark.
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[nq:1]If, following University of Chicago style, I end a sentence by saying ... to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" does the period come before or after the closing quotation mark?[/nq]
I don't know what the University of Chicago style book says, but commonly the standard in the U.S. is to put the period inside the quotation marks.
The British standard says to put the period where it logically b
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[nq:2]If, following University of Chicago style, I end a sentence ... the period come before or after the closing quotation mark?[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't know what the University of Chicago style book says, but commonly the standard in the U.S. is to ... standards is this: "Put periods inside the quotation mark, but put full stops where they logically belong." Bill in Kentucky[/nq]
In this inst
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[nq:1]If, following University of Chicago style, I end a sentence by saying ... to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" does the period come before or after the closing quotation mark?[/nq]
Inside (as I understand previous insistence by advocates of the CMOS), but I may be wrong.
Keep in mind some publishers have their own style manuals. For whom are you writing? Personally, I learned to put the per
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In the U.S., inside the quotation mark. Always. Always. Even though it doesn't make sense, in the U.S. the period always goes inside.
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[nq:1]In the U.S., inside the quotation mark. Always. Always. Even though it doesn't make sense, in the U.S. the period always goes inside.[/nq]
Not everyone in the U.S. subscribes to our standard. I decided to place periods and commas logically, long before I ever heard that the British did it that way. Other than some typists that I had to have redo some of my work because they moved the pun
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[nq:2]In the U.S., inside the quotation mark. Always. Always. Even though it doesn't make sense, in the U.S. the period always goes inside.[/nq]
[nq:1]Not everyone in the U.S. subscribes to our standard. I decided to place periods and commas logically, long before I ... my work because they moved the punctuation, I've never had anyone comment on how I place the commas and periods.[/nq]
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[nq:2]In the U.S., inside the quotation mark. Always. Always. Even though it doesn't make sense, in the U.S. the period always goes inside.[/nq]
[nq:1]Not everyone in the U.S. subscribes to our standard. I decided to place periods and commas logically, long before I ... my work because they moved the punctuation, I've never had anyone comment on how I place the commas and periods.[/nq]
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