In Exclamation marks^x, Quotation marks^x, Quoting^x

The way I learned it which may or may not be right commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks Question marks and exclamation marks go inside the quotation marks if they refer to the quote and outside if they refer to the sentence the quote is a part of This is my take

I sometimes use the word clever when describing a person Here it is clear that the full stop has nothing to do with the quoted word and is part of the main sentence The word clever doesn t need its own full stop If we are quoting somebody speaking then the quoted speech needs its own punctuation...

Hello momo I don t see anything wrong with your sentences If you are quoting a question or an exclamation it makes sense to place the question mark exclamation mark inside the quotation marks John asked me are you coming to the party As for the inclusion of commas and periods there seems to be...