However, he accused Nato countries of a “fierce hybrid confrontation” against Russia that now “dangerously balances on the edge of an open military clash.”
clash." ends the quotation. I notice in such a quotation sometimes the full stop is outside the closing quotation mark: clash".
Is it a case of British vs Americsn English ?
Thanks!
In the US it’s done both ways and both are acceptable. I only use the period inside the quote, the way it’s written in your example. I’ve read that in BrE it’s more common to use a second period outside the quote.
By the way, NATO should be all caps.
However, he accused the NATO countries of a “fierce hybrid confrontation” against Russia, which was now balancing “dangerously on the brink of an open military clash”.
It seems that media outlets like the BBC have started spelling Nato like this:
Here is an article from the BBC’s Style Editor from 2013
Apparently, the BBC applies the same rule to the NASA acronym, writing it “Nasa.”