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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

But punctuation--that's where the nitpickers are gathered and ... A period or comma goes inside the quote, “like this ... put them in quotes. If you are paraphrasing, don’t use quotes. 10 ...