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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.
Maybe my eyes are getting old.

EDIT: Never mind.
But, I have to admit I never knew there was an issue with periods and quotation marks. Growing up in a Commonwealth country I guess I only knew the British rule quoted below - which makes perfect sense to me.

[CTcard]

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.
Maybe my eyes are getting old.

EDIT: Never mind.
But, I have to admit I never knew there was an issue with periods and quotation marks. Growing up in a Commonwealth country I guess I only knew the British rule quoted below - which makes perfect sense to me.