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.

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 ...

Placement with other punctuation: A period or comma always go inside closing quotation marks. ("We hope to win the game," he said.) A dash, semicolon, question mark and exclamation point go inside ...

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 ...

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 ...

We’ve made passing reference to the fact that commas and periods always go inside quotation marks, at least in American English. So logic would say the second choice is correct. But doesn’t that look ...

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 ...

But then Heisel’s tale takes an unexpected turn. After studying the issue, it’s not just “kids” who are abusing the American quotation mark system, he says. (The usage of single, not double, quotation ...