Judy Vorfeld In American English, we end a quotation with punctuation INSIDE the quotation marks. “Like this.” And we use double quotation marks. And if you use quotation marks in the middle of a sentence around a word or phrase, always use double quotation marks. In British English, quotation marks are […]
Read more →By Judy Vorfeld The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (6.9), says, “Periods and commas precede closing quotation marks, whether double or single.” Examples: She said, “I’ll be there soon.” … “When you are finished,” he said, “we’ll leave.” CMS also states that there are several exceptions […]
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