In Quotation marks^x, Commas^x

Gori, there are many, many threads on this already. In the US, the period and comma always, always go inside the (double) quotation marks. It's not logical, but it's how it's done. Always.

Dear native speakers (this time, especially, U.S., Canada, and U.K.), I have long been confronting the problem related to the usage of commas and periods in quotation marks. I know that periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks in U.S. style; but they are not in British...

These punctuation marks (the British call them inverted commas) come in two forms, double and single. The double quotation marks (opening “ and closing ”) are used to enclose the words of a direct quotation: She said, “I’ll never see you again.” (They are never used in indirect quotation: She...

1. If the quoted material is an exact quote, then keep the capital letter to start it. However, in your example, the ? belongs inside the quotation marks. The ? goes with the question. 2. No, this should not be capitalized. It's a common noun. EDIT: Oops - I somehow missed that it was about...

You should use a semi colon : before quotes, not a comma. Use a comma at the end if the sentence continues. Otherwise a full stop inside the quotation marks Thus I thought to myself :"It is hardly a good look when they've got a Hollywood star to launch the venue."In the case of the...

Hi,I guess you're asking about inverted commas ( ' ) and speech marks / quotation marks ( " ).If that's the case, you could start from here.

2)" Yes I know", Claira said or "Yes I know", said Claira"Yes I know," Claira said. or "Yes I know," said Claira. I would put the comma inside the quotation marks.

.Do blogs or websites have definitive names? How does one identify the correct name? I suppose I would use italics if I were typing.

Sentence 1 is fine if you place the period/full stop right after hard, before the quotation mark. The comma after say is correct as well. A colon could be used instead of it and is quite common if the quotation is long.Sentence 2 is fine with me as it is. I wouldn't put working hard in quotes...

The first set require a captial letter at the start of the sentence, but either way is fine. In the second set, "he said" is more normal, but "said he" can be used for literary purposes. People just learning English may want to stick with "he said" but there's...