Where Do You Put Quotation Marks Relative to Other Punctuation?

 

In American English, a period or comma always comes before a closing quotation mark, like "this." That's true regardless of what the quotation marks contain — quoted speech, a noted word, a movie title. But not all punctuation marks have the same relationship with quotation marks. Here's the full story.

 

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Tags: COMMAS INSIDE QUOTATION MARKS, GRAMMAR, PERIODS INSIDE QUOTATION MARKS, PUNCTUATION

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