One thing I dislike about the ‘punctuation outside quotes’ view is that it treats ”!” and ”?” differently than a full stop.”This is an exclamation”!”Is this a question”?Seems less natural to me than:”This is an exclamation!”″Is this a question?”I think have this intuition because it is part of the quote that it is an exclamation or a question.
One thing I dislike about the ‘punctuation outside quotes’ view is that it treats ”!” and ”?” differently than a full stop.
”This is an exclamation”!
”Is this a question”?
Seems less natural to me than:
”This is an exclamation!”
″Is this a question?”
I think have this intuition because it is part of the quote that it is an exclamation or a question.