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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Full Stop

Hi.


A direct quote (exact words spoken) by a person means that the full stop goes inside the quote marks:


Example

Deborah said, 'Go to your room, Molly.'


But would the full stop go outside the end quotes in the following five examples because they are not direct quotes by a person? Please let me know your spin on each – full stop inside or outside for each of the following. Thank you so much.


1) The sign said, 'Violators will be prosecuted'.

2) The sentence was 'Creativity knows no bounds'.

3) I don't care for the adage 'Familiarity breeds contempt'.

4) The policy states 'The EAP will be provided to all associates who fail a random drug test'.

5) Joe's email said, 'There will be a school board meeting at Hibernian Hall on May 2, 2013. ... Please bring all proposed changes in policies'.
  

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Anybody, purdy please.
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In all of your examples, I would keep the period inside the quotation marks because they all contain sentences. The source of the quotation is not relevant.
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Thank you. The same would apply to British punctuation with these sentences as well?
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1) The sign said, 'Violators will be prosecuted'.
2) The sentence was 'Creativity knows no bounds'.
Why did you put a comma after "said" but not after "was"? And I agree that the periods should be inside the quotation marks.
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