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by nimblerabit 2772 days ago
Shouldn't the period go outside the parens?

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2 comments

I'm no expert. I've no idea with regards to parens, but with quotes, this is definitely a UK/US difference.

In the US, a terminating/trailing period or comma goes inside the quote, "like this." — Whereas in the UK we do it "like this".

Personally, and as a programmer, parsing the UK usage makes more sense to me logically, and I find the other way to be mentally jarring. Just my 2p.

Hmm, I think you're right, thanks! Found a couple more (although "..., etc.)" seems to me that it requires the full stop inside the brackets because that ends the sentence. Maybe.)