Period In Quotes Or After

This traditional style has persisted even though it’s no longer universally followed outside of the united states and isn’t entirely. If the period (or any other punctuation) is yours, it goes outside the quotes. “…stabbed through the heart,’ ” he said, shuddering (or shuddering at the note).

(this, however, is not true for other punctuation marks.) long answer. The period is unique among punctuation marks in that, yes, it always goes. It appears at the bottom of a written line and directly follows the preceding character without a space.

A period can be used to introduce a block quotation when the introductory text stands on its own as a complete sentence.

In the american style of writing, the period will appear before the last quotation mark to enclose the quoted sentence. The fact that you use the word ‘period’ suggests you are referring to american english conventions (in the uk we say ‘full stop’). The main problem that people have with using quotes is also a fundamental one: In such cases, a colon is also proper⁠—and sometimes preferable.