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> [0] I know - in the US I should put the period inside of the paren (or quote). But that's illogical. I refuse. I fully support your choice. We're in good com
by npongratz 10y ago
> [0] I know - in the US I should put the period inside of the paren (or quote). But that's illogical. I refuse.
I fully support your choice. We're in good company:
"... it is counter-intuitive to hackers to mutilate literal strings with characters that don't belong in them."
http://catb.org/jargon/html/writing-style.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/writing-style.html
- ams6110 10y agoI learned that if an entire sentence is parenthetical, the period goes inside the parenthesis. (This makes sense to me.) Otherwise the period is outside (when the parenthetical part is at the end).