[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51961: Twenty Twenty-One: full stop might be in wrong place

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#51961: Twenty Twenty-One: full stop might be in wrong place
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 Reporter:  wangql         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  5.6.1
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch      |     Focuses:  ui-copy
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Comment (by sabernhardt):

 Ultimately, I don't think either way is wrong, yet neither of them will
 look correct to everybody. Preferences likely reflect how a period is
 inside quotation marks here in the U.S. and the full stop is often outside
 the quotes in other countries.

 We could continue to follow the rules for parenthetical comments (text in
 round brackets). British and American style guides agree on adding the
 terminal punctuation inside with full sentences:
 -
 [https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide.pdf#page=12
 Oxford University Style Guide]
 -
 [https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Punctuation/faq0040.html#:~:text=A%20sentence%20that%20stands%20alone,have%20their%20respective%20marks!).
 Chicago Manual of Style]
 - [https://journalistsresource.org/tip-sheets/style/ap-style-
 basics/#:~:text=If%20parentheses%20are%20required%20the,not%2C%20the%20period%20goes%20outside.
 AP Stylebook]

 Consider these:
 1. All full sentences should remain completely intact inside links. (This
 includes any terminal punctuation.)
 2. Moving the punctuation outside links is acceptable (as long as the
 WordPress style guide is updated to prefer it).

 Of course, if the WordPress style guide discourages adding any full-
 sentence links instead, that could settle this more simply.

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