From: Tony Williams 

Ellen K. wrote:
> Ausnahme 2 isn't about Gary's example of only the last word being a
> quote.  The whole sentence is quoted and therefore the period is inside.
>  Gary is talking about a sentence like
>
>>Tom described the weather as "warm, but breezy".
>
> In English the period is supposed to go before the closing quote but in
> German I think it would go where I put it above.

I think that's just American English. I remember being taught to put the
full stop after the closing quote unless the entire sentence was quoted.

--
Tony

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