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When you have a sentence that ends with a song title does the period go inside or outside the quotation marks?
The period always goes inside quotation marks - in all kinds of sentences - not just ones that have a song title.
When you quote a phrase does the period go inside or outside the quotes?
If a statement ends with a quotation, the period goes inside the quotation marks. Example: It looks like you are, as they say, "up the creek without a paddle." If a question ends with a quotation, and the quotation itself is not a question, the question mark goes outside: where was Martin Luther King when he said, "I have a dream"?
Do you type a quotation mark before a period and a comma?
No, the quotation marks go after the comma or period.
Does the punctuation go before quotation marks or after?
It depends if the quotation is a question or statement. If the quote is a question, the quotation mark goes before the punctuation; if the quotation requires a period, the marks goes outside of the statement.
Do commas go inside or outside of quotation marks?
With NO exceptions, periods and commas go INSIDE the quotation marks. However, question marks (if the question comes at the end of the sentence) are put following the clause with the quotation marks outside the question mark. If there are two clauses within the sentence separated by a conjunction, and there is a semi colon required, the semi colon at the end of the first clause goes outside the quotation marks.
Do commas go before or after quotation mark?
after the quotation marks because if put before the quotation mark, that makes the quote seem like if it continues after what you wrote even if the quote has ended. period marks go before the quotation mark because that is ending a sentence... period.
Do quotation marks go inside a period or outside?
In American Language they say like this: "I wonder why she did that." In British English, most punctuation goes outside of quotation marks. Example: She said, "I wonder what they're doing". But in American English, the opposite rule applies -- most punctuation goes inside of quotation marks. Example: She said, "I wonder what they're doing."
When using direct quotations in your writing which of the following should be placed outside the set of quotation marks?
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.)
When do you put punctuation in quotation marks?
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.
Do parenthesis go inside or outside quotation marks?
It depends. What is the sentence you want to use?
When saying good morning does exclamation point go in or outside of quotation marks?
Inside.
Does a comma go inside or outside an apostrophe?
Outside, like: The car was John's, so he had to pay for the repairs. However, if you are using the apostrophes as single quotation marks, then inside. Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. "Like this."
