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Quote:[style rule guidance aside: just there is an instance of quoting outside the period that looks really odd, to me.]
Are you referring to the full stop inside quotes?
Truss explains the rule: if a punctuation mark was a part of the original quote, it goes inside; if not, outside. Americans tend to put it inside, no matter what. I don't see a problem with that.
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