Using Quotation Marks Before Or After Period

The placement of a comma or period after a quotation by eric wirth.

Using quotation marks before or after period. When setting up type requiring the period to precede the quotation marks allowed better kerning. When a comma or period is needed after a quotation publishers in the united states typically put the punctuation mark before the closing quotation mark. Titles of books albums magazines newspapers and other standalone and bigger bodies of work are usually italicized. A rundown of the general rules of when and where to use quotation marks.

The reason for this convention is to improve the appearance of the text. 1 there are no ifs ands or buts about it 2 he said yes and she said no colons and semicolons always follow closing quotation marks of quoted material two examples. The american style was developed based on typography. Quotation marks sometimes referred to as quotes or inverted commas are punctuation marks curly or straight most often used in pairs to identify the beginning and end of a passage attributed to another and repeated word for word.

The convention goes back at least to the nineteenth. And some said neither yes nor no 2 some people call themselves democrats. In all other situations the period comes inside the closing quotation marks. Vertical enumerated lists next.

The detective said i am sure who performed the murder. See the examples in strunk white p. Though not necessarily logical the american rules for multiple punctuation with quotation marks are firmly established. Period with parentheses or brackets.

In the british style the placement of the period depends upon whether the period is logically part of the quoted material. In british english quotation marks are often called inverted commas also known as quote marks quotes and speech marks. 1 he said no. In america this topic is not subject to debate.

Commas or periods always precede closing quotation marks of quoted material two examples. In american style the period always comes before the closing quotation marks. See here for a brief explanation of the british style commas and periods that are part of the overall sentence go inside the quotation marks even though they aren t part of the. In a town outside brisbane i saw tourists go home written on a wall.

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. Use single quotation marks for quotations within quotations. Use a comma to introduce a quotation after a standard dialogue tag a brief introductory phrase or a dependent clause. Poems chapters articles.