"." or " ".

[shilala]

Does the punctuation go inside the quotes or outside the quotes?

 

[YetioDoom]

"Inside, from what I rememeber."

 

[aidanjm]

My English teacher said "It's your choice".

 

[notfred]

Is it part of the quote?

 

[xcript]

Click Me

 

[psiu]

Originally posted by: xcript
Click Me

oops...clicked too quick. Anyway, that's odd. I guess I am secretly British at heart.

 

[shilala]

He said "What is seven times six?"
I'd make that...
He said "What is seven times six?".

Shows how much I know. 🙂

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: YetioDoom
"Inside, from what I rememeber."

 

[Trygve]

If the punctuation is not part of the quote, commas and periods go inside; colons, semicolons, dashes, question marks, and exclaimation points go outside. If a question mark or exclaimation point is part of the quote, it goes inside.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Trygve
If the punctuation is not part of the quote, commas and periods go inside; colons, semicolons, dashes, question marks, and exclaimation points go outside. If a question mark or exclaimation point is part of the quote, it goes inside.

That jives with my recollection and writing style.

 

[flyboy84]

Originally posted by: YetioDoom
"Inside, from what I rememeber."

QFT

 

[Pepsi90919]

depends on whether you're writing real english or american english.

 

[kobymu]

all punctuation of quotes inside the quotes.
all u'r punctuation outside of quotes

example: you'r text "quotes text.".
example2: you'r text "quotes text"quote in quote text.".".

 

[RandomFool]

my teacher always said to use "hello". unless it is "hello?" or "hello!"

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: kobymu
all punctuation of quotes inside the quotes.
all u'r punctuation outside of quotes

example: you'r text "quotes text.".
example2: you'r text "quotes text"quote in quote text.".".

ok, now once again in english:

 

[edro]

If the quote includes the mark, it stays inside only. If the quote is not a complete sentence, it goes outside.

 

[kobymu]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: kobymu
all punctuation of quotes inside the quotes.
all u'r punctuation outside of quotes

example: you'r text "quotes text.".
example2: you'r text "quotes text"quote in quote text.".".

ok, now once again in english:

what didn't u understand ?

 

[kobymu]

example 1:

my text "quote .*1 " *2 . *3

*1) punctuation of quote (orignal text : "quote . " )
*2) end of quote
*3) you'r punctuation (end of you'r sentence)

 

[ChooChooChooseMe]

Originally posted by: YetioDoom
"Inside, from what I rememeber."