Thanks, Arvsworls and Jon for your generous help. Posts on this site are so full of quotes! Sometimes a single word will be in quotes at the end of a sentence or long clause. Somehow the period

I was punctuating the entire sentence , not the quotes themselves. Note in the US, the comma could go inside the quote. I wrote "Hi" and "Bye," and ...

I understand that periods always go inside quotes. However, would appreciate some feedback ...
of keeping the period inside of the quotes I'd imagine that most users would assume they'd also

Honestly though...all you really need to say in this case is: "My mother's name is Rita." It doesn't need to be in quotes :)

Hi, Please let me know how I can say the things in quotes, whether them be in long quotes or very short quotes. Case 1: In writing: He is a 'fabulous' person When spoken: He

Contrary to what "Anonymous" wrote, there are times where the ending punctuation goes inside quotes: Examples: Tom looked up and replied, "What can I do for you?" Lucy stubbed her toe

In a story, at the end of a quote in 2nd paragraph, should I omit quotes if I am continuing the quote in the third paragraph? Thanks. C

Always preserve the quote. If Jim's full quote was "the chicken tasted like death", then that is how you report it. Square brackets are used to make changes to a quote. If the quote contains a pronoun, for example, you can use the name that it

I beg your pardon, are you mixing up direct quotation (speech marks) and indirect quotation ("that")? 1: Jim said, “The chicken tasted like death.” (direct quotation) 2: Jim said that the chicken tasted like death. (indirect quotation) Maybe if we

The full stop inside or outside the quotation is one of the differences between British and US English. Brit English puts it inside the quote marks. I attended the seminar in Delhi and Ms Clair recommended me to your college. - Ms Clair told