[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51961: Twenty Twenty-One: full stop might be in wrong place
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#51961: Twenty Twenty-One: full stop might be in wrong place
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Reporter: wangql | Owner: (none)
Type: defect (bug) | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 5.6.1
Component: Bundled Theme | Version:
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: has-patch | Focuses: ui-copy
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Comment (by sabernhardt):
Ultimately, I don't think either way is wrong, yet neither of them will
look correct to everybody. Preferences likely reflect how a period is
inside quotation marks here in the U.S. and the full stop is often outside
the quotes in other countries.
We could continue to follow the rules for parenthetical comments (text in
round brackets). British and American style guides agree on adding the
terminal punctuation inside with full sentences:
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[https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide.pdf#page=12
Oxford University Style Guide]
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[https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Punctuation/faq0040.html#:~:text=A%20sentence%20that%20stands%20alone,have%20their%20respective%20marks!).
Chicago Manual of Style]
- [https://journalistsresource.org/tip-sheets/style/ap-style-
basics/#:~:text=If%20parentheses%20are%20required%20the,not%2C%20the%20period%20goes%20outside.
AP Stylebook]
Consider these:
1. All full sentences should remain completely intact inside links. (This
includes any terminal punctuation.)
2. Moving the punctuation outside links is acceptable (as long as the
WordPress style guide is updated to prefer it).
Of course, if the WordPress style guide discourages adding any full-
sentence links instead, that could settle this more simply.
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51961#comment:9>
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