According to my grammar handbook and any style guides available online,
periods always go inside closing quotation marks.

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wwor...ons.htm&e=7370

With that, I hope to never discuss grammar on an aviation newsgroup
again. I'll try to remember that there are those on here who think that
correspondence on here should always be in formal style.

Peter Duniho wrote:

"Matt Young" wrote in message
ink.net...

-- "You're an asshole".
shouldn't that be
"You're an asshole."


No.