Thanks, everyone. According to The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style: With other punctuation Put commas and periods inside closing quotation marks; put colons and semicolons outside. Other punctuation, such as exclamation

Jingtian, The New York Times style book says: periods and commas, in American usage, always go inside the closing quotation marks, regardless of grammatical logic. Another source gives this example: ...two complete thoughts joined by

True, Anonymous! Pluralized acronyms should not use apostrophes. As an experienced English Tutor/Mentor, apostrophes are used in possession of & in contractions (i.e., Jane's cat won't eat fish.) To place an apostrophe after an acronym or

Generally, no. However, I'm not sure about American usage; I believe they are a bit more liberal in capitals following a colon. The exceptions are when the word itself requires a capital --- a proper noun, for example --- or when the colon

You have been consulting the wrong people. Without further punctuation, B is very wrong. These are your choices (note the colon in B): (A) The English language has a huge vocabulary of over 600,000 words. (B) The English language has a huge

I was editing a business report yesterday and came across a punctuation problem that I can't seem to find the answer for: Can you put a colon after a period? ABC Co., LTD.: or should it be ABC Co., LTD: This company always includes the

I agree with Wordy. Many, many years ago, a comma was needed in BrE. Nowadays, there is, indeed, a difference between British and American English. In AmE a comma is needed, but in BrE, a comma is no longer required. Other examples are is Mr,

And yet on this side of the Atlantic, we certainly put a comma after the greeting in an informal letter and a colon after the greeting in a business letter. Dear Mary, It was so nice to hear from you. Dear Ms. Smith: Thank you for

Hi, I'm learning about how to put together the cover letter. I need help with my own cover letter (I need this to sound fluent and English) but first, I would like to share what I have learnt by myself (you are welcome to give some

Eleanor Roosevelt : “A Personal and Public Life” By J. William T. Youngs and edited by Mark C. Carnes. (New York, (New York.): Pearson Longman, 2006. 292 pp.) Eleanor Roosevelt “A Personal and Public Life”, written by William T. Youngs