Re: [wip-cite-new] Adjust punctuation around citations

[Bruce D'Arcus]

On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 6:03 PM Denis Maier
<denis.maier.lists@mailbox.org> wrote:
>
> Am 16.05.2021 um 23:38 schrieb Bruce D'Arcus:

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> > Can you clarify the rule/situation that would use that approach?
> >
>
> Chicago Manual of Style 15.26:
> "When the source of a block quotation is given in parentheses at the end
> of the quotation, the opening parenthesis appears after the final
> punctuation mark of the quoted material. No period either precedes or
> follows the closing parenthesis."

Maybe me and a lot of scholars aren't very good at following these rules :-)

Or maybe the stuff I read and write doesn't follow Chicago, etc for
whatever reason.

> Seems to be the same in MLA and APA by the way:
> https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/block-quotations

Very helpful!

So what are you thinking; this punctuation-manipulation should not
apply to blockquotes at all?

Bruce