In Quotation marks^x, Punctuation^x, British English^x

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.

Thanks, Babara. Whether or not it makes sense, the period or comma ALWAYS goes inside the quotation marks. In this case, I prefer British English because which punctuation marks we have to insert is dependent on logic.

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...

I learned the American rules for punctuation: periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks; colons and semi-colons always go outside; and question marks and exclamation points go where they actually make sense. I agree it's not logical, and sometimes I want to rebel and put that period...