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For a quotation of 39 words or fewer, place the sentence punctuation after the closing bracket of the reference: âA terrible storm started last night as I took the dog for our nightly walkâ (Jamieson, 1999, p. 12). For a block quotation, the closing punctuation appears before the reference citation. See What is the correct formatting in APA style for a block quotation (40+ words)? and Back to Basics with Periods for more information.
If a statement ends with âetc.â the period in the abbreviation does double duty, serving as the full stop to end the sentence. If, however, you need another mark of punctuation after an abbreviation, you can put it after the period.So:f etc. occurs at the end of a sentence, then you do not add another period. It's all about apples, oranges, bananas, etc. However, if etc. occurs at the end of a clause, you can add a comma or other punctuation mark after it.