Quotation Marks

grammar-and-style

When you quote something, where does the period go depends on whether you are using American English (primarily) or British English (primarily) conventions, and whether the peri...

Celebrity Profiles

Using a quotation with a period means placing a quoted sentence or phrase followed by its ending punctuation inside quotation marks. In American English, when a complete sentenc...

grammar-and-style

In American English, periods almost always sit inside closing quotation marks: "She said yes." In British English, periods follow the closing quotation mark only if the quoted m...

Language and Punctuation

In American English, periods and commas almost always go inside closing quotation marks: "word." In British style, periods and commas are placed according to logical sense, whic...

style-usage

When quoting do you put the period after the closing quotation mark or before it? In American English, the period almost always goes inside the closing quotation mark, as in "Th...

style-and-formatting

In American English, periods and commas almost always sit inside closing quotation marks, regardless of whether they belong to the quote or the surrounding sentence. In British...

grammar-and-style

In American English, a period always goes inside closing quotation marks, regardless of whether the quoted material is a full sentence or a partial phrase. In British English, t...

Guides And Explainers

In American English, periods almost always go inside closing quotation marks. In British English, periods go outside closing quotation marks unless the quoted material itself in...

style-guide

Whether to underline or quote movie titles depends on the style guide, medium, and publication conventions. In academic and print settings, major style manuals typically recomme...

writing-style

In most modern style guides, essay titles are placed in quotation marks, not italicized. Longer works such as books, journals, and anthologies are typically italicized. These co...