Rover

And this one too, please:

'I wanted the new car' Sam said 'but I am unable to afford it at this time.'

No. The first and third need two commas and the second sentence needs one.

Rover_KENo. The first and third need two commas and the second sentence needs one.

Two commas in the third? Where?

And how'd you punctuate the other two?

This is what I'd do, agree?

'That', he said, 'is stupid.' (Comma outside.)

'That is stupid,' he said. (Comma inside.)

'Thank you for your time, sir.' (Good as is.)

'I wanted the new car,' Sam said, 'but I am unable to afford it at this time.'

'That', he said, 'is stupid.'

'That is stupid', he said.

Thanks for your help, Rover. Five more, and I think I've got it.

‘Very’, said Mr Datchery without enthusiasm.
Comma goes outside as shown.

Then she said, ‘I did it because Henry said, “I don't care what you do”.’
Terminal punctuation is ”.’ as shown (not .”’)

Henry said, ‘I don't care what you do.’
Full stop goes inside as shown.

He said, 'I can do i

That's how I would punctuate all those.

Thank you.

Rover, you have been awesome, and thank you. I just want to try and understand why we would punctuate the ending of the first sentence below with ".' Is it because it may have not been the exact words of another? The speaker is saying what he or she thought was said; hence we use ".' at the end. The second sentence is a direct quote as to what Henry said; therefore, the full stop goes inside. Just

On reflection, I seem to have given you the American version.

After further consideration, I'd say the BE punctuation style would be (as you supposed):

Then she said, ‘I did it because Henry said, “I don't care what you do.”'

The full stop ends what Henry said and also serves to end the whole sentence.