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How to properly put ".": "... in religious teaching." & "freethinkers".
The examples here ("... in religious teaching." & "freethinkers". ) tell us that at the end of a sentence, the period "." is sometimes put inside the quote marks, and sometimes outside.
The nuance seems to be: If the quotaion is a sentence, put "." inside; and if the quotation is simply a word (like freethinkers), put it outside.
Is this a rule of punctuation?
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Freethought (or free thought) is an epistemological viewpoint which holds that positions regarding truth should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism, rather than authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a freethinker is "a person who forms their own ideas and opinions rather than accepting those of other people, especially in religious teaching." In some contemporary thought in particular, freethought is strongly tied with rejection of traditional social or religious belief systems. The cognitive application of freethought is known as "freethinking", and practitioners of freethought are known as "freethinkers". Modern freethinkers consider freethought as a natural freedom from all negative and illusive thoughts acquired from the society.
Source:
Freethought - Wikipedia
The examples here ("... in religious teaching." & "freethinkers". ) tell us that at the end of a sentence, the period "." is sometimes put inside the quote marks, and sometimes outside.
The nuance seems to be: If the quotaion is a sentence, put "." inside; and if the quotation is simply a word (like freethinkers), put it outside.
Is this a rule of punctuation?
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Freethought (or free thought) is an epistemological viewpoint which holds that positions regarding truth should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism, rather than authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a freethinker is "a person who forms their own ideas and opinions rather than accepting those of other people, especially in religious teaching." In some contemporary thought in particular, freethought is strongly tied with rejection of traditional social or religious belief systems. The cognitive application of freethought is known as "freethinking", and practitioners of freethought are known as "freethinkers". Modern freethinkers consider freethought as a natural freedom from all negative and illusive thoughts acquired from the society.
Source:
Freethought - Wikipedia
