Re: She\'s Right (Sort Of)
I am told that the rule about commas and periods inside quotation marks dates back to old-school typesetting, where if the comma or period was left to dangle on its own at the end, it was likely to break off and be lost altogether.
I don't know if there is any truth to this, but perhaps someone who, like me, enjoys the comfort of a logical explanation regardless of its truth will appreciate it.
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