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		vacri on May 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Rise of "Logical Punctuation". I don't see a conflict there: He said, "I've been outside", but I don't believe him. The period within the quotes adds nothing.

zwischenzug on May 17, 2011 [–]

It adds that that the sentence is complete.

Consider:

He said, "The world".

vs

He said, "The world.".

vs

He said, "The world [...]".

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