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

It depends on whom you ask. I'm sure nearly all Americans would use a comma after May 29 and probably the majority of Britons too. However, some British newspapers such as The Guardian have a dislike for commas in dates and write the date as

(1) There are many island nations, e. g., Japan, Iceland, the Philippines, etc. (2) Mr. Smith is very wealthy, i. e., rich. (3) There are many island nations ( e. g., Japan....). (4) Mr. Smith is wealthy (i. e., rich). (5) There are many island

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

Hi all. I have read the use of quotation marks in American English. I just want to confirm whether the rules are still valid if one quotation mark is followed by another, for example: We must track the status as a Configuration Item changes from

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

Well, I can finally put this one to bed: In The Grammar Bible, which I love as a reference, it states that "the comma and the period go inside the closing quotation marks at all times. There are no exceptions to this rule" (Strumpf and

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

In Australia I would say "uncle in law" or "uncle-in-law". This also applies to aunts but I've never heard it used to refer to any other relationship such as nieces, nephews, cousins, etc. Logically though, you could say