I’ve gotten a lot of emails recently about where to put periods and commas relative to quotation marks. The notes were prompted by a recent column in which I mentioned that, in American English ...

In American English, the period or comma always falls inside the closing quotation mark, writes June Casagrande, while the placement of other marks depends on use.

It’s been standard practice in the United States to place commas and periods inside of quotation marks, notes Ben Yagoda, “but in copy-editor-free zones — the Web and emails, student papers ...

Quotations marks appear in both double and single form with other punctuation placed inside or outside of them depending on the situation. We've broken down what you need to know to use them ...

Finally, I badly want to put punctuation outside of quotation marks. ... huh, yeah I guess I know punctuation should be inside quotation marks, but I always want it outside.

When you have a sentence that ends with quotation marks or parentheses do you put the end punctuation inside or outside the quotes. He said "Steve, the Cheeto, WTF?". vs. He said "Steve, the ...

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 ...

Put a question mark inside closing quotation marks when the punctuation applies to the quotation itself and outside when it applies to the whole sentence. Who said "Ask not what your country can do ...