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

Thanks Clive, Let me ask you, are you sure that option 2 is grammitically correct? Apart from the style comment can one say: My strong academic record is evidenced by the fact that I have earned a Thurgood Marshall Scholar designation, a

There is nothing wrong with what your boss is doing - he is just following the style he knows. You should stop resisting and just do it. If I were in his position, I wouldn't question whether you knew what you were going in terms of

Hi, I was not able to find the error in this sentence: You must really make an effort; stop making excuses and try saving some money each month from wages this year. I see nothing wrong with . . . try saving . . . I do

I agree the semi-colon is incorrect. However, is "borrowings" the correct word? And "on" Dec 31, not "at." For these types of things, sometimes redundancy in the name of clarity isn't the same bad style it is

I find these rules at http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp very helpful. Rule 1 Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single

After watching the trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809278368/trailer I want to see it. I like that the Roman numerals have been dropped for this allegedly last installment. I generally dislike numbering. I like the more contemporary

You may use them like that; but I can't imagine too many style guides agreeing with you. Wayward comma alert: I'll have to write one of my own, then. Using semi-colons to set off subclauses; like this; seems especially likely to grate.

You may use them like that; but I can't imagine too many style guides agreeing with you. I'll have to write one of my own, then. Using semi-colons to set off subclauses; like this; seems especially likely to grate. It's a bit unusual,