I agree with Mark. Putting the period inside the quotes may have been
standard at some time in the past, but I think nowadays most English
speakers put it outside.


On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Mark Burns <notifications@github.com>wrote:

> In object.textile:
>
> > @@ -380,10 +379,11 @@ For `Qnil`, there is a macro dedicated to check if a `VALUE` is `Qnil` or not,
> >
> >  The name ending with `p` is a notation coming from Lisp denoting that it is a
> >  function returning a boolean value. In other words, `NIL_P` means "is the
> > -argument `nil`?". It seems the "`p`" character comes from "predicate". This
> > +argument `nil`?". It seems the "`p`" character comes from "predicate." This
>
> Yeah I stand by that point. I feel having a sentence end marker inside a
> quotation inside the sentence itself seems confusing from a logical
> perspective, rather than seem familiar/correct for readers of English.
> What do you think?
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