[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57675: Placeholder for tagline is confusing

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#57675: Placeholder for tagline is confusing
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 Reporter:  Cybr                       |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  enhancement                |      Status:  reviewing
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  Administration             |     Version:  6.1
 Severity:  normal                     |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-screenshots  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by Cybr):

 The clearest notion about whether the period should be in or outside is
 this ([https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/style/essentials
 /punctuation-of-quotations source]):

 > The final period or comma goes inside the quotation marks, even if it is
 not a part of the quoted material, unless the quotation is followed by a
 citation.

 Since we aren't dealing with a citation, and since the default WordPress
 language is en_US, the period should be **inside the quote marks**.

 I'm not a fan of this either when dealing with example strings that don't
 have punctuation intended — for the user could infer they should also use
 punctuation —, but I think we should follow the books. I couldn't find a
 single source claiming exceptions for American English.

 We could somewhat workaround the inference by writing `"Just another
 WordPress site," for example.`, but even then we have punctuation.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/57675#comment:12>
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