More logical still would be to have two periods, one marking the end of the quoted sentence and the other the end of the top-level sentence. But that would be redundant and also look ugly.
This style feels much better when the embedded sentence requires a different punctuation type than the parent sentence, such as “Don’t you think?”. I expect it only looks “ugly” because we don’t typically see things done this way.
This style feels much better when the embedded sentence requires a different punctuation type than the parent sentence, such as “Don’t you think?”. I expect it only looks “ugly” because we don’t typically see things done this way.