Unpredictable punctuation inside and outside quotes for citations with suffixes

richard.w.tait · June 22, 2023

I am using Zotero 6.0.26 with MS Word 365. I use a lot of foreign language quotations, so I include the original text in the footnote, in the suffix field. I put the foreign language text in double quotes, but never use a period at the end. Unfortunately, Zotero gives me inconsistent results sometimes with the period inserted inside the quotation marks, but sometimes outside. In the example below, I have included the same citation source with different suffixes, and I get different results.

How can I fix this so that the period is ALWAYS inserted inside the quotes?

(6) Zerbi, De cautelis medicorum, fol. 6r; “Quamcunque domum ingrediatur medicus: duntaxat liberandis egrotis operam dare intendit aliis omnibus post habitis: ut precipit Hypocrates in iureiurando: evitans omnem in iuriam et corruptelam.”
(7) Zerbi, De cautelis medicorum; “In hoc vero medico praecipue elaborandum est, ut sibi comparet aegrotantis obedientiam: quo enim modo aegrum persanabit, nisi eum obtenperantem et obedientem habuerit. Itaque summum studium et curam, in hoc adhibebit, ut gratum se aegrotantibus et amabilem reddat, ac illius benevolentiam sîbi conciliet, cuius curationem ipse susceperit: nam quibus aegrï delectantur, iis maxime obediunt".

Thanks

adamsmith · June 22, 2023

This shouldn't happen but I'll note that for some reason to he quotes in the 2nd example are inconsistent: the opening one is typographic, the closing one straight

richard.w.tait · July 10, 2023

Here's another similar problem. The citation has a quotation included as a suffix. The suffix is <<; "sanare et ad convalentiam reducere">> Just to be clear, it's in one set of double quotes and there is no fullstop included. The resulting citation is <<Pomata, Contracting a Cure, 177; ‘sanare et ad convalentiam reducere’.>> So it has changed the quotation to single quotes and put the fullstop outside the quotes. I'm using Zotero for Windows 6.0.26 and Chicago 17th edition format. Any ideas? I've not been able to detect a pattern of when it puts fullstops inside or outside quotes, or uses single or double quotes.