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Chris2010 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Should the period/full stop come before or after the single quote..

During her tenure many colleagues referred to her as the 'creative thinker'.
  

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BrE style manuals invariably place the period inside the quotation marks. Some AmE style manuals say it depends on what text the period adheres to, the inner text or the outer text.

  • BrE style manuals invariably place the period inside the quotation marks.
  • Some AmE style manuals say it depends on what text the period adheres to, the inner text or the outer text.
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BrE style manuals invariably place the period inside the quotation marks. Some AmE style manuals say it depends on what text the period adheres to, the inner text or the outer text.

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