# Amateur Grammar Authorities

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 13, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-grammar-authorities/521117 "2009-12-13T17:49:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-grammar-authorities/521117/9 "2009-12-13T19:34:40Z")

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> [@Stratocaster](#):
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> Are you American? If so, periods inside the quotation marks, correct?

I believe that only applies to reported speech.

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