Should Quotes Come Before Or After A Period

According to the chicago manual of style and i believe the associated press i work primarily with book publishers who tend to use the former as their base style guide in addition to their house rules in u s.

Should quotes come before or after a period. Don t use two question marks. In american style the period always comes before the closing quotation marks. Did he just as. Only the quoted material is a question so the question mark belongs only to the quote and must remain within the quotation marks.

In the british style the placement of the period depends upon whether the period is logically part of the quoted material. Publications periods and most ot. The entire sentence is a question so the question mark goes after the quotation marks 2 she said how many people are here unlike the previous example the entire sentence is not a question. Warner if the quotation is not at the end of the sentence use a comma.

The american style was developed based on typography. This rule applies even if only one quoted word ends the sentence. Did he just ask how are you wrong. Periods come inside with only one exception the period always comes inside closing quotation marks.

Further to the other answers if a sentence is a question and that sentence includes a quoted question put one question mark inside the quotation marks.