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Every time I am writing on Markdown and I am at the end of the sentence and I need to end the sentence with a bold or cursive word I do not know if I should include the full stop dot or not. I have seen Markdown documents with both, full stop dot included and not.

Here is an example:

The end of the sentence is here. And here is another end.

Should I write it in Markdown like this:

The end of the sentence is **here**. And here is another _end_.

Or like this:

The end of the sentence is **here.** And here is another _end._

I would like to know if there is a standard or good practices about this to follow it and do things right.

Thanks in advance!

reymon359
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  • What do you mean by "standard"? Is this not about what works and what does not? Do both versions get the result you want and you wonder whether both are portable? Does not one of the two methods results in a formatted "." and the other does not? Please show the results you get with both methods and discuss the difference and whether you like it or not - or which you like and which not. – RubberBee Aug 25 '20 at 05:59
  • Hi @RubberBee, Thanks for your comment! yes, one version formats the "." and the other does not and I am wondering which one is the proper one. Is it right to format the "."? or should I end the formatting on the last letter before the "."? – reymon359 Aug 25 '20 at 20:40
  • Do you expect a standard to exist which restricts you in your decision whether the puncutation is bold or not? I there is, I would reject it. I usually have a clear opinion on whether I want it bold or not and just implement that. I admit that I would kind of frown (ever so slightly) if somebody does it differently than I would, but I would never dare to assume my opinion representing a standard. – RubberBee Aug 26 '20 at 05:49
  • Hi @RubberBee, I am sorry if you misunderstood me but I am not trying to assume my opinion as a standard. I just try to look for standards and good practices in almost anything so yes, I expect that there may be one about this issue, that's why I asked the question in the first place, to see if someone else has more information about it and can help me find an answer even if that answer is "no". I am glad that you already have a clear opinion on whether you want it bold or not, that's great! How do you usually make that decision? – reymon359 Aug 27 '20 at 06:59
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    Ahh, I see. https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/14157/do-you-bold-punctuation-directly-after-bold-text. Looks like you're supposed to put the bold and italics tags on the outside. – Tony Fraser Aug 27 '20 at 17:40
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    Thank you very much @TonyFraser this is just what I was looking for :) – reymon359 Aug 28 '20 at 06:37
  • Sorry, I did not intend to blame your for taking your opinion as a standard. On the contrary, I only stated that I would not assume mine to be, i.e. I totally agree with you. (Just to clarify and keep friendliness....) – RubberBee Aug 28 '20 at 13:04
  • Hi @RubberBee, no problem at all, thanks for the clarification and for the previous comments :) – reymon359 Aug 29 '20 at 14:31

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Seems like it has to be inside of the italics and bold tags as answered in this Writing question from StackExchange suggested by @TonyFraser in a comment.

A punctuation mark following emphasized text (in italics, boldface, small caps, caps, letter spacing, etc.) is also emphasized.

So the right answer would be this one:

The end of the sentence is **here.** And here is another _end._
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