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KeyboardWarrior Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

A question about full stop/quotations?

This is driving me insane: for once and for all, do you use quotation marks outside of a full stop or inside the full stop?

Example:

My favourite film is 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.'

OR

My favourite film is 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'.

I'm from England (if that makes any difference).

Thanks.
  

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Sorry, this can't be answered for once and for all! ) that periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks, colons and semi-colons always go outside, and question marks and exclamation points go where they make sense, depending on whether they are part of the quoted material or not. However, I believe the rules are different in British English.

— Khoff

  • Sorry, this can't be answered for once and for all!
  • ) that periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks, colons and semi-colons always go outside, and question marks and exclamation points go where they make sense, depending on whether they are part of the quoted material or not.
  • However, I believe the rules are different in British English.
  • So, let's wait for a British expert to give you an answer.
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Sorry, this can't be answered for once and for all! I was taught (in the U.S.) that periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks, colons and semi-colons always go outside, and question marks and exclamation points go where they make sense, depending on whether they are part of the quoted material or not. However, I believe the rules are different in British English. So, let's wait
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The combination of quotation marks and other punctuation is different in British and American style guides. Here is a good reference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Punctuation
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