In American English, the period or comma always falls inside the closing quotation mark, writes June Casagrande, while the placement of other marks depends on use. News. Sports. TimesOC.

Take quotation marks: Some forms of writing, such as handwritten signs in the windows of delis, revel in an abundance of these, so much so that an entire blog exists only to scold them for their ...

But if quotation marks are there just to point out we’re talking about the word “fella,” folks argued, the period should come at the end of the sentence: Joe never uses the word “fella”.

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE! Quotation marks are often misused, ‘amusingly’ December 23, 2019 at 1:36 a.m. by BERNADETTE KINLAW, SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE ...

Our language needs quotation marks. Without them, we couldn't know who said what to whom or even what they meant. Unfortunately, using them can prove tricky. Quotations marks appear in both double ...

Quotation marks are used to set off a person's words, whether spoken or written. They are placed at both the beginning and end of the quote. Ex: Sue remarked, "I'll meet you at the movies," A comma is ...

What reporters put between quotation marks isn't simply a quotation. It's a choice about what they believe the person said -- or should have said. Post staff members disagree among themselves and ...

Another annoying journalistic tic: the single-word quotation.I suppose that what, if anything, is in the reporter’s mind is an impulse to indicate that the subject’s exact words are being quoted.