American printing convention places the period and the comma always within the quotation marks and colons and semicolons always outside of them.

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

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

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,

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

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

Daden - Pay attention to possessives. Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 , (a comma is not necessary) in New York City. She was the first of six children born to by Anna Hall and Elliot Roosevelt. Eleanor early years were awful

. First, is it appropriate only to use a colon when one is listing words in a sentence. For example, "please bring the following items: socks, shoes, and a tie." Under what other circumstances can one use a colon?-- The colon is fine