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