By Quotation marks, American English

Please note that American English likes to place the final punctuation mark inside a title or quotation, even though it doesn't form part of it.The British regard this practice as illogical.AmE: He's always wanted to read "Moby Dick," "Oliver Twist" and...

Commas and periods go inside the quotation marks only in American English. I'm American, so they look great that way; but I'm not sure it would be helpful to teach this in Europe. I normally just tell my students how the British do it.

For american English, a period ending a sentence should always go inside the quotation marks. A question mark ending a sentence goes inside the quotation marks if you are quoting a question, outside if you are asking a question, inside if both. You should never have punctuation both inside and...

In British English the punctuation goes within the quotation marks when the quotation is a complete sentence, but when the quotation is only an excerpt of the whole quotation the punctuation goes outside the quotation marks. In American English it is different.

As Mr. M says, it's a matter of style. American style, for better for for worse (and most would agree it is often for the worse) is to ALWAYS place the period/full stop inside the quote marks. I am the one who had never heard of an ergative verb before I came to this site, but I'm also the one...

Julielai wrote:Is it too late to add one? I'd get rid of that American English rule that tells you to put all other punctuations before the closing quotation mark.Hi JulielaiIt's never too late to add one, I'm sorry I forgot to mention that in my lengthy post. All additions are welcome.CheersCB

Is it too late to add one? I'd get rid of that American English rule that tells you to put all other punctuations before the closing quotation mark.

I'm sure your intended recipient is delighted to be assisted in such a charming and generous manner. To the point, one shouldn't 'always include commas and periods inside quotation marks'. That only applies to American English. British English, for one, places punctuation outside the quotation...

The exception is for quotations. "I'm ready to leave now," he said. The comma ends the quotation, which is indicated by the close-quotation marks, and the entire sentence (the part that includes "he said") is ended with the period. Note that in American English, the period or comman ALWAYS goes...

I'd suggest making a search at Yahoo with: spelling differences british american english (no quotation marks) You will find very many good references, including: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences