Please explain when punctuation goes inside quotation marks, and when it does not.
Is '"Yours,' no apostrophe" correct or "'Yours', no apostrophe"?
2007-02-16 06:38:13 · 12 answers · asked by zen 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Generally, the comma or period goes inside, if the entire sentence is in quotes. If the quote is only a part of the sentence, it goes outside.
2007-02-16 06:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by Baby'sMom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A comma always goes inside the quotation marks. In fact, all punctuation goes inside the quotation mark, including periods and question marks.
2007-02-16 06:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Punctuation always goes inside quotation marks.
2007-02-16 06:40:57 · answer #3 · answered by Derek Wildstar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on the style manual-- in American English, it would be with the comma inside the quotation marks but in British English it would be outside. I'm not positive, but that's my understanding. For the first (Ameican) there's a website with examples of the comma inside the quotation marks:
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp
Okay, found a British grammar that does both inside and outside:
http://www.edufind.com/english/punctuation/speech.cfm
2007-02-16 06:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by princessmikey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes inside quotation marks
2007-02-16 06:44:04 · answer #5 · answered by Sunnie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The second one.
2007-02-16 06:40:13 · answer #6 · answered by White 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It goes inside all the time. And its "yours".
2007-02-16 06:45:55 · answer #7 · answered by Mary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It ALWAYS goes inside.
2007-02-16 06:40:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Anything you say or do or punctuate always are inside the ....
......"..............."....punctuation marks !!
2007-02-16 06:42:32 · answer #9 · answered by yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yours.....end of story
2007-02-16 06:42:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋