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by Spixxy on February 4th, 2004

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Does a period go inside or outside of quotation marks?

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  • by Joseph2493 on February 21st, 2005

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    According to englishplus.com, and a grammar professor I spoke to, it is normally the same in both American and British english.

    If the quotation marks are to finish the sentence, the punctuation is to be inside the quotation marks...

    "The cow jumped over the moon."

    If the quotation marks are inside the sentence, the punctuation is to be outside the marks...

    George claimed,"I have twenty points"; Bill said he only had twelve.

    I know the question didn't ask about British vs. American, but there is a complete write up of British vs. American grammar at...

    www.englishplus.com

    You can also go directly to the page for using quotation with other punctuation

    http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000105.htm

    This website is a great tool when trying to use proper grammar.

    Comments

    • This answer is just plain wrong!

      The Grammar Goddess

      by The Grammar Goddess on June 26th, 2005

    • this is so wrong

      Jan Szafranski

      by Jan Szafranski on January 5th, 2006

    • As someone who used to be an editor, and had always to differentiate the two different types of punctuation, depending on whether the writer was British or American, I agree with the previous comments.

      Prunesquallor

      by Prunesquallor on June 11th, 2008

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