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Victo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Difference -- Inside and Out
He called me an "egomaniacal vulture." In American punctuation, the period will fall inside the ending quote mark.
He called me an "egomaniacal vulture"!
If the exclamation point is used in American punctuation, wouldn't it fall outside of the ending quote marks? This is a rare exception in American punctuation, correct?
We would never do this: He called me an "egomaniacal vulture!" The exclamation point belongs to the sentence, not the quoted material, and this will always be the case in sentences like these, right?
Thanks.
Victo
He called me an "egomaniacal vulture"!
If the exclamation point is used in American punctuation, wouldn't it fall outside of the ending quote marks? This is a rare exception in American punctuation, correct?
We would never do this: He called me an "egomaniacal vulture!" The exclamation point belongs to the sentence, not the quoted material, and this will always be the case in sentences like these, right?
Thanks.
Victo
Top answer
Put the punctuation with the text it is punctuating.
- Put the punctuation with the text it is punctuating.
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