"logical punctuation" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} logical punctuation (uncountable)
  1. Synonym of logical quotation Tags: uncountable Synonyms: logical quotation [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-logical_punctuation-en-noun-XMb7YWW0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2011 May 12, Ben Yagoda, “The Rise of 'Logical Punctuation'. The period outside the quotation marks is not a copy error.”, in Slate, Washington, DC, US: Washington Post Company, retrieved 2011-10-23",
          "text": "[S]ince at least the 1960s a common designation for that style has been \"logical punctuation.\" ... [T]he vast majority of the legion of logical punctuators are not consciously rejecting illogical American style, or consciously imitating the British. ... [D]espite the love it gets from the masses, logical punctuation isn't likely to break through to the rule-keepers any time soon.",
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          "text": "[The American] system is inconsistent: Place commas and periods inside quotation marks, but semicolons and colons go outside. Em dashes, question marks, and exclamation points go inside or outside depending on whether they’re part of the context of the quoted material (shades of logical punctuation).",
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