British style places commas and periods that are not part of the quoted material outside of the quotation marks. Also, in technical applications or when discussing coding, punctuation that is not part of a text string should be placed outside of the quotes. Placing commas and periods inside the quotes implies that they are part of the string to be displayed.
In American English, periods and commas always go inside the closing quotation mark. However, in British English, periods and commas can go inside or outside the closing quotation mark, depending on whether they are part of the quoted material.
Americans punctuate it like this:
I said, "Walk with me to the store."
British punctuate it like this:
I said, "Walk with me to the store".
The choice is stylistic and is completely up to you, but be consistent with whichever you do choose.
When using quotation marks, the period at the end of the sentence goes inside the quotation marks. Example: She said, "I am hungry." The same follows for any punctuation mark. "I am REALLY hungry?" "Is anyone hungry?" "However," she said, "I wasn't hungry."
However, when the period doesn't belong to the quotation but to the larger sentence, only in the US does it go inside the quotation. Elsewhere in the English-speaking world, it goes outside, as do question and exclamation marks even in the US:
She's the one who said "I'm hungry." - US
She's the one who said "I'm hungry". - UK
Who said "I'm hungry"? - everywhere
If a parenthetical includes a quotation, you'll punctuate it just as you would a normal quotation.
Example:
(Brian says, "Kitty loves it.")
If it's a complete sentence then the period goes inside the quotation marks.
With NO exceptions, the period and comma always go before the quotation marks.
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No, the quotation marks go after the comma or period.
With NO exceptions, the comma and period should go BEFORE the closing quotation mark. Always.
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A period does come before a quotation mark if the quotation at the end of the sentence, such as:Lucy than said, "Hi, Mr. Warner."If the quotation is not at the end of the sentence, use a comma instead of a period, such as:"Hi, Mr. Warner," Lucy replied.
In American English, periods and commas are typically placed inside final quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.
In American English, periods and commas should always be placed inside the set of quotation marks. Question marks and semicolons are placed inside the quotation marks when they belong to the quoted material but outside when they apply to the whole sentence.
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If you're constructing a sentence that has two independent clauses connected by a semicolon and the first sentence happens to end with a quotation mark, hypothetically, the semicolon would go inside of the ending quotation mark. This is rarely the case, though. Typically, quotations end in either a comma and a conjunction, a single comma, or simply a period.
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If you have a quote in the middle of the sentence then don't put a period there, put a comma, an exclamation mark, or a question mark. If it is at the end of a sentence then put a period inside the quotation marks.