I have two grammatical questions to which I need answers:
- If I end a sentence with a bracketed clause that itself ends in a period-demanding abbreviation, should there be an additional period after the closing parenthesis?
- If a sentence ends with an ellipsis, should this be succeeded by a terminating period, given that the ellipsis merely signifies missing words?
My style of choice (is this a matter of style?) is to double up on the period in the first conundrum, while refraining from adding a fourth dot in the second. My argument for the former is that I wouldn't omit a question mark, so why should I omit a period, an argument that should also apply to the latter, but somehow doesn't.
Thought? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone
