Period

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Which way of using a period is correct?·That's why he is called "smart."·That's why he is called "smart".

Gigilian Nguyen · Accepted Answer

Put the dot outside the quotation marks.

Taka · Answer

OK. Thanks!

Taka · Answer

For your information, I've found something interesting:

In the U.S., the standard style is called American style, typesetters' rules, printers' rules, typographical usage, or traditional punctuation, whereby commas and periods are almost always placed inside closing quotation marks. This style of punctuation is common in the U.S., Canada, and in the U.K. in fiction and journalism.

The other standard style—called British style or logical punctuation—is to include within quotation marks only those punctuation marks that appeared in the quoted material, but otherwise to place punctuation outside the closing quotation marks.

Gigilian Nguyen · Answer

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