That's incorrect. Just use one period/full stop. In the US, the period always goes inside th quote marks. Even in the UK, where there is more logic in its use, the period should go inside here, I believe, because "Rose is

Is this acceptable? Quoting from a passage:- The sentence is "Rose is happy.". Double fullstops. I am still quite confused.

The quote marks around "objectivity" indicate that, while the Europeans may have thought they were being objective, they really weren't, or at least the author doesn't think they were. (Nowadays this use of quotation marks seems

There is none. Question marks, exclamation marks and periods are mutually exclusive: they never occur together except for the informal '?!' to express consternation.

When a quotation mark ends a sentence, does the period go inside or outside of the quotation mark?v

As it is, you are using the phrase 'spread your risk' as a substantive (i.e., a noun), which is acceptable. You may mark it with quotation marks if you wish: The golden rule here is 'spread your risk'. The addition of 'to'

Thanks, everyone. According to The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style: With other punctuation Put commas and periods inside closing quotation marks; put colons and semicolons outside. Other punctuation, such as exclamation

Jingtian, The New York Times style book says: periods and commas, in American usage, always go inside the closing quotation marks, regardless of grammatical logic. Another source gives this example: ...two complete thoughts joined by

I am of the firm opinion that the period and commas should be placed outside the quotation marks. I definitely agree.

I am the wrong person to answer this, because I am of the firm opinion that the period and commas should be placed outside the quotation marks.