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

I am of the firm opinion that the period and commas should be placed outside the quotation marks. I definitely agree.

I am the wrong person to answer this, because I am of the firm opinion that the period and commas should be placed outside the quotation marks.

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

I'm 49 and the more I read the rules for punctuation, the less they make sense. No wonder people say English is the hardest language to learn. So what is the reason for putting a comma inside a quotation mark? Thanks.

The titles of short stories are enclosed in quotation marks: "The Luck of Roaring Camp", by Bret Harte

This english "dialog style" seems worse if you ask me. Like the name sais "quotation mark" it should "quote" something and the dialog line should introduce dialog. My character is talking to me not quoting

Well if you're still writing, as you imply, it might be a good idea to check with the publishers now.  They may correct it for you.  It's common in Europe, from my limited experience to use the first style, but  I have never seen an

Ok, I'm stuck with something. I'm writing a book and I am using the dialog line because I come from a country where that is how we write dialog. Example: - Hello, she said. - Hi, he answered. Now since I moved into an english talking