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Hi guys! This is something that has been bugging me for a while. When using quote marks, where does the full stop (or "period") go? I am confused. Compare these two: "I went to the beach and saw some really hot chicks". and "I went to the beach and saw some really hot chicks." Note the location of the full stop (period). I am under the impression that U.S....

The version of English in England is right, That is why it is called "English".

Originally Posted by Lothian The version of English in England is right, That is why it is called "English". Yes, but do citizens of the U.S.A. speak "USAish"? My understanding is that when the U.S.A. became independant, they were really pissed off at the British, so they decided to do everything ...

As an engineer and computer guy, I put only what is to be quoted inside the quotes. For example, writing Click on Start, then Run, type "cmd.exe," then hit Enter. is wrong since if you typed the comma in the 'Run' box it would not work. I would write Click on Start, then Run, type "cmd.exe", then hit Enter. I treat quotes as balanced delimiters, like parentheses, as mentioned in the ...

What is the rule for puncuating a sentence with a quote at the end that contains its own punctuation that is necessarily different than the framing sentence, such as "Wow, look at those hot chicks on the beach!"? Do you see the punctuational dilemma?

Originally Posted by Psi Baba What is the rule for puncuating a sentence with a quote at the end that contains its own punctuation that is necessarily different than the framing sentence, such as "Wow, look at those hot chicks on the beach!"? Rewrite the sentence. As a matter of taste, USAian or no, ...

I always thought that you put any punctuation you need outside the speech quotes, unless it's redundant. So if your passing a sentence as SkepticScott suggests you'd get: Jekyll said "I don't understand.". Which is needlessly dotty as the first full stop tells you when to breath, so you don't bother to write the second one. Jekyll said "I don't understand." Apart from that I'd ...

It depends whether you're quoting a part of something ( e.g. a sentence fragment) or you're involved in an example of direct speech. For example: Jekyll said, "I don't understand." (note also the comma!) Jekyll said that he "didn't understand". (This is British English, incidentally. I've heard that American English puts the full stop outside the inverted commas for all ...

American English: All punctuation precedes the final quotation mark. British English: If a quotation is a complete sentence that would normally end with a full stop, the stop outside the final quote marks is omitted and the whole sentence ended with a stop inside the final quote mark. So what you'd type as Louis tried to tell her, "I think I'm drunk.". then becomes Louis tried to tell ...

Originally Posted by Matabiri (note also the comma!) Whoops. Thanks.