Punctuation Goes Inside Quotes

( see here for a brief explanation of the british style.) commas and periods that are part of the overall sentence go inside the quotation marks, even though they aren’t part of the original quotation. A period at the end of a sentence goes outside of an end quotation mark in the uk and countries that were colonized by england; If you start by telling who said it, use a comma and then the first quotation mark.

If you put the quote first and then tell who said it, use a comma at the end of the sentence, and then the second. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks. In american usage, periods and commas typically go inside of quotation marks.

In the example that follows, note that the period precedes the single quotation mark [cross reference omitted].

C and d stated that the theory of everything was “informative,” “essential” and “persuasive.” parentheses: Here are a few examples of when periods should go inside quotation marks: If you start by telling who said it, use a comma and then the first quotation mark. In the example that follows, note that the period precedes the single quotation mark [cross reference omitted].