[Roberton3]

[quote author=standfan link=topic=14361.msg152699#msg152699 date=1452715852]
I have a pet peeve to discuss with the above posters, who I refer to as "Cardboarders". Some would say I just committed a sin by not referring to you as "Cardboarders." This issue comes up quite often in the drafting of agreements and other legal documents, but since the punctuation mark is not part of the defined term, I break the rule.

I think you missed something in one of the two words you put in quotation marks. The only difference I can see is a period inside the quotation in one and outside in the other. That wouldn't appear to be the question at hand.
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I'm pretty sure that's exactly the difference that Standfan intended.

The grammar rule here is one that differs between British and American English.  The British rule (i.e., if punctuation isn't part of what you're quoting, it goes outside the quotation marks) seems much more sensible.

[Roberton3]

[quote author=standfan link=topic=14361.msg152699#msg152699 date=1452715852]
I have a pet peeve to discuss with the above posters, who I refer to as "Cardboarders". Some would say I just committed a sin by not referring to you as "Cardboarders." This issue comes up quite often in the drafting of agreements and other legal documents, but since the punctuation mark is not part of the defined term, I break the rule.

I think you missed something in one of the two words you put in quotation marks. The only difference I can see is a period inside the quotation in one and outside in the other. That wouldn't appear to be the question at hand.
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I'm pretty sure that's exactly the difference that Standfan intended.

The grammar rule here is one that differs between British and American English.  The British rule (i.e., if punctuation isn't part of what you're quoting, it goes outside the quotation marks) seems much more sensible.