("We hope to win the game," he said.) A dash, semicolon, question mark and exclamation point go inside closing quotation marks when the punctuation applies to the quotation itself and outside when it ...

Put an exclamation point inside closing quotation marks when the punctuation applies to the quotation itself and outside when it applies to the whole sentence. Can you believe he said, "You're my best ...

Colons and semicolons are always placed outside quotation marks. Ex: John wrote, "I'm sorry that I won't be able to come home for Christmas"; however, he managed to get some time off. Question marks ...