Double Quotation Marks Before Or After Period

In all other situations the period comes inside the closing quotation marks.

Double quotation marks before or after period. British publishers tend to put the comma or period after the quotation mark. In this chapter we shall follow the predominant canadian practice of placing the period or comma within closing quotation marks and using double rather than single quotation marks except for quotations within quotations as illustrated in 8 08 quotations within quotations. See the examples in strunk white p. Use single quotation marks for quotations within quotations.

When setting up type requiring the period to precede the quotation marks allowed better kerning. Double quotation marks is a whole different story in british english. You can also see single quotation marks instead of double quotation marks in headlines of newspaper articles. After the quotation marks because if put before the quotation mark that makes the quote seem like if it continues after what you wrote even if the quote has ended.

Period marks go before the. In the british style the placement of the period depends upon whether the period is logically part of the quoted material. But then someone told me pay it no mind lad note that the period goes inside both the single and double quotation marks. The american style was developed based on typography.

Period with parentheses or brackets. In american style the period always comes before the closing quotation marks. Technically the mark designating feet is a prime. These marks are available in most word processors though many people simply use single and double quotation marks.

With apologies to those of you living outside the u s this article focuses on the american style of using primarily double quotation marks and singles only when we have a quotation within a quotation. In a town outside brisbane i saw tourists go home written on a wall. Periods and commas are placed outside the prime and double prime marks. A comma or period that follows a closing double quotation mark hangs off by itself and creates a gap in the line of text since the space over the comma or period combines with the following word space.

The most common question people ask about quotation marks is whether periods and commas go inside or outside and the answer depends on where your audience lives because in american english we always put periods and commas inside quotation marks but in british english periods and commas can go inside or outside kind of like the american rules. Your writing at its best. At least for now we here in the u s. In america this topic is not subject to debate.

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