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It depends where you live. In the USA punctuation is placed inside the quotes, like this: "My dog is brown." but in Britain, it is placed outside the quotation marks, like this "My dog is brown".
The same punctuation is used inside of quotation marks as is used outside of quotation marks.
In American English, periods typically come before closing quotation marks, regardless of whether it is part of the quoted text. For example: She said, "Hello." In British English, periods are placed outside closing quotation marks unless they are part of the actual quote.
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.
You can end a quote with a quotation mark. If the quote continues in the same paragraph, a comma is typically placed before the closing quotation mark. If the quote is a complete sentence, the ending punctuation (like a period or question mark) comes before the closing quotation mark.
It depends where you live. In the USA punctuation is placed inside the quotes, like this: "My dog is brown." but in Britain, it is placed outside the quotation marks, like this "My dog is brown".
Punctuation marks such as periods and commas should be placed outside the set of quotation marks. Question marks and exclamation points should be placed inside if they are part of the quoted material, and outside if they are not.
The same punctuation is used inside of quotation marks as is used outside of quotation marks.
In American English, punctuation typically goes inside the quotation marks. For example, you would write: "To Kill a Mockingbird." However, in British English, punctuation may be placed outside the quotation marks if it is not part of the quoted material. Always consider the style guide you are following for specific rules.
Punctuation marks should be placed outside the set of quotation marks, unless they are part of the quoted material. For example: "I love pizza," she said.
Webster's New World Dictionary states the comma and the period are always enclosed within the quotation marks. The exclamation and question marks are placed within if they apply to the quotation and placed outside if they apply to the whole sentence. Example: "I'm leaving," he said, "but you may come with me." "Can I go too?" she asked. Didn't I say, "you may come with me"?
In dialogue, periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation points go inside quotation marks. (A semicolon goes outside quotation marks but isn't used much in dialogue, so you don't need to worry about it.)
In American English, periods typically come before closing quotation marks, regardless of whether it is part of the quoted text. For example: She said, "Hello." In British English, periods are placed outside closing quotation marks unless they are part of the actual quote.
A period is always placed inside quotes, it is never put outside of quotes. "This is incorrect". "It should be written like so." "It should also not do this. "The reason for the convention is actually a mechanical, printing issue. In the old days of manual typeset, a period after the quotes was vulnerable to falling off or being cut off because the period was off to the side.Interestingly, the British convention is the opposite -- the period is outside of quotes.CommentNo, British English is not 'the opposite' to the American system regarding the position of the period (full stop). In British English, the placement of the period depends upon the structure of the sentence and is more logical -if it applies to the quote, then it's within the quotation marks; if it applies to the sentence that contains the quote, then it is placed outsidethe quotation marks.For example: # "The horse was black." (inside quotation marks) # George said that the "horse was black". (outside quotation marks)In the first case, the period applies to the quotation. In the second case, the period applies to the sentence that contains the quotation.
In American English, dialog tags are typically placed outside the quotation marks. For example: "I love to read," she said. However, in British English, dialog tags are often placed inside the quotation marks. For example: "I love to read", she said. It's important to be consistent with whichever style guide you choose to follow.
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.
You can end a quote with a quotation mark. If the quote continues in the same paragraph, a comma is typically placed before the closing quotation mark. If the quote is a complete sentence, the ending punctuation (like a period or question mark) comes before the closing quotation mark.