By Quotation marks, Quoting

I find these rules at http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp very helpful. Rule 1 ...

Thank you, Calif. Can you tell me what you mean by the same rules can be applied to parenthetical content? As to the application of the rules to quoted content, I think mostly we focus on some content that is taken from a writing content but can it be done for the case where you are not quoting...

Jackson6612 wrote: Hi Philip, I wasn't looking for an answer. There is another question. I used single quotation marks in: Do you call 'compound nouns' set nouns in AmE? Would there have been any problem if I have used double quotation marks as in the following sentence? Do you call...

In dialogue, punctuation goes inside the quotation marks: "I know," he replied, "but I got lost."Quoting titles - either underline, or italicize, or put into quotation marks.You need to go through and check - there are many missing quotation marks and some missing apostrophes. Why do you put...

Because they are just quoting what was said on Iran TV. It suggests that they have not confirmed what happened directly or may have some doubts about the accuracy of the Iranian report.

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...

Believer wrote:Thank you, Feebs11 and Yoong Liat. Let me clarify what I am trying ot ask: When you have kind of a long sentence that contains a clause or sentence in quotes although a person is not quoting anything perse, do that clause or sentence in quotation marks need to have a period. My...

Thank you, Feebs11 and Yoong Liat. Let me clarify what I am trying ot ask: When you have kind of a long sentence that contains a clause or sentence in quotes although a person is not quoting anything perse, do that clause or sentence in quotation marks need to have a period. My understanding...

Believer wrote:Hi, If you have a clause or a sentence in the quotation marks in a sentence, do you have to place a period? More often, I see them not. eg, Please don't say "You need to go (a period??)" but say "You have to go." If you are quoting something, the punctuation goes outside the...

There is variation between U.S. and U.K. style on this. Periods and commas go inside the quotation marks, regardless of whether it makes sense, in the U.S. I didn't make up this silly rule - I just follow it. The Brits, I believe, are far more logical about the periods and commas.