Grammar Question: When you're ending a sentence with a quote...

[her209]

when do you put the punctuation inside and when do you put it outside the double quote?

e.g.

"blah blah blah."

versus

"blah blah blah".

 

[RbSX]

when do you put the punctuation inside and when do you put it outside the double quote?

e.g.


versus

Grammar?

 

[dbk]

I do the latter but I think I'm wrong.

 

[zinfamous]

inside.

always.

 

[AreaCode707]

Punctuation goes inside the quote.

He said, "I think this is the right way," and she answered, "You're right!"

 

[TridenT]

Punctuation goes inside the quote.

He said, "I think this is the right way," and she answered, "You're right!"

That pretty much... :/

 

[Xstatic1]

argh. i thought it depended on the actual quote (like if it required a period, question mark, exclamation pt, etc) and the location within the sentence.

 

[Kalmah]

Punctuation goes inside the quote.

He said, "I think this is the right way," and she answered, "You're right!"

I've always put the punctuation on the outside, but this clearly looks better.

 

[sjwaste]

American is inside the quote, British is outside, as far as I've been able to tell. Both are correct.

 

[hdeck]

inside.

 

[Xstatic1]

American is inside the quote, British is outside, as far as I've been able to tell. Both are correct.

whew! 🙂

so i've had a few minutes to think about this....

methinks the quotes are dependent if it requires any punctuation like an exclamation point, question mark, or period along with it...and if the contents of the quotes are an actual name not part of a dialogue.

 

[mugs]

American is inside the quote, British is outside, as far as I've been able to tell. Both are correct.

This guy is right

 

[nageov3t]

inside.

the one exception I make is with questions... when the overall sentence is a question but the specific quote is not, I'll put the question mark on the outside to indicate that it's me asking the question, not the quote.

 

[Farang]

Put it inside when there is a period

 

[Aluvus]

American is inside the quote, British is outside, as far as I've been able to tell. Both are correct.

You are correct.

The British way is better than ours, though.

 

[Nik]

It depends on the punctuation and the statement inside the quote.

Here are some examples:

I asked him, "Where did you park?"

What would you say to someone if they ran up to you and screamed "OH MY GOD!"?

 

[Nik]

Put it inside when there is a period

Periods always go inside.

 

[Colt45]

"A full sentence by itself goes inside."

She asked "WTF are you doing?". <- two puncts, cause they're different.

He said "A full quoted sentence in another sentence gets it outside, if they have the same punctuation".
not .".

He then said "If they have different punctuation, you can have both!".

Something like that, IIRC. BrE.

 

[lxskllr]

I generally like the punctuation outside the quote(excepting exclamation or question mark). I think it looks better that way, and it doesn't matter to me if it's correct or not. It's easily understood, so I don't care about petty rules.

 

[BoomerD]

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm

 

[yankeesfan]

I do it in the more logical fashion, regardless of what poser grammar-nazis tell me. I know that I am always in the right.

 

[hiromizu]

Your and retard. Anyways, the period goes inside the quotes most of the time.

 

[Farang]

Periods always go inside.

When you have a period, you want it to go inside

 

[Jumpem]

Punctuation goes inside the quote.

He said, "I think this is the right way," and she answered, "You're right!"

And then a period after the last quote to finish the sentence.

 

[Colt45]

punctuation goes inside the quote.

He said, "i think this is the right way", and she answered, "you're right!".

ftfy