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I can't find the "11n_disable." option. Are you talking about the "11n_disable" ?

The importance of full stops outside the quotes ;-)

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When you end a sentence with a quotation you put the punctuation within the quote.

Not in English you don't.

American style (Chicago, APA, and MLA) specifies that a period goes inside the quotations.

British style, on the other hand, specifies that a period goes outside the quotations.

http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/08/punctuating-around...

As as Brit I was taught to put it inside, but I treat that rule as a strong hint which may be overridden if other complication is happening there...

As I recall, according to "Strunk and White", and the "Chicago Manual of Style", all punctuation is supposed to be included inside the quote characters.

I happen to disagree with them, but they have been considered authorities on the proper way to write in the English language for many decades.

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