is anyone good at grammar? im not sure if my usage of quotations here is right.?

Question

There, the party continued on to Lonely Mountain, where Smaug is at with his “hoard of treasures”.

There, the party continued on to Lonely Mountain, where Smaug is at with his “hoard of treasures.”

should the quotation mark be after the period or before the period

its part of my summary so thats y "there" is in the sentence. im trying to emphasize the treasure part since it isnt actually Smaug's treasure

Answer 1

First, delete the word "at", just say where Smaug is with...

Second, in using quotation marks, the end-quote should go on the outside of the punctuation if it is a period.

Third, if it was not a hoard of treasures, but he called it that, then you have it right; but since you are trying to emphasize the fact that the hoard of treasures was not really his, you should emphasize the word "his" by underline or italics.

Forth and last, the verbs in the sentence, and in the whole paper, should be parallel. Meaning they should either be past tense or present tense, but not both (except in special circumstances). Therefore, use continues/is or continued/was.

Good luck.

Answer 2

I think it is like this because "hoard of treasure" is being emphasized.

There, the party continued on to Lonely Mountain, where Smaug is at with his “hoard of treasures”.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 3

I say after the period; however, I would like to make another suggestion, also. Where Smaug is with his "hoard of treasures."

Remove AT. It gives you a double preposition. Quesion....why are you putting hoard of treasures in quotes? Are you quoting that phrase? If not, you really don't need them. If the word hoard is being used sarcastically, you might use them around that word singularly, but.....

Answer 4

I cannot believe how many people answered this and told you that the period went outside the quotation marks. That's ludicrous. Even the chick who said she used to proofread in English class said that. I am glad to see, though, that some people did get that right. Periods and commas at the end are ALWAYS placed inside the quotation marks. Question marks and exclamation points are situation-based, and colons and semicolons usually go on the outside.

If people don't know the rules, they shouldn't answer the question. I hope you got the right answer from one of the latter respondents before you printed whatever it was you were writing.

Answer 5

Before

Answer 6

The period should be inside the ending quotation marks, but you don't need the quotes at all in the first place.

I'd also take out the 'There' at the beginning of your sentence; it's not clarifying anything for you.

Answer 7

Quotations go after the period. If the character is actually saying the phrase aloud you would have to put a comma after "his"; Another thing I think the sentence would flow a lot better if you don't use "at" and put a comma after is. Just a bit of advice. Make sure you stay in the present tense or past tense. "Continued" is past tense but "is" would be present tense.

Answer 8

the quotations are used for part of a sentence, the period closes the entire sentence. Therefore, the period goes after the quotations marks.

Answer 9

Put the period after the quotation marks. That's the proper way according to the rules of grammar.

Answer 10

The period should be after. The period would be in the quotations if the sentence started in the quotations. ...pretty sure. ^_^