Comments on: Six Common Punctuation Errors that Bedevil Bloggers

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:23:38 +0000

Periods and commas have to go in between quotations marks; however, question marks and exclamation points may go inside or outside quotation marks depending on whether they apply to the entire sentence or only what is inside the quotation marks.

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By: Mihai

Mihai — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:54:18 +0000

By: Lee Daniel Crocker

Lee Daniel Crocker — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:20:46 +0000

#5 (commas outside quotes) is NOT a mistake! It’s a style choice. American publications generally put them inside; British ones generally put them outside. And many American publications, especially more recent ones and ones that have a more computer-savvy readership, adopt the British style because the American style is idiotic and senseless. Quotation marks should contain a quotation, and ONLY the quotation; if the comma isn’t part of it, the only reason to put it inside is to slavishly follow style guides that were written in the age of lead type. If a blogger chooses that style, more power to him; it means he values accurate communication more than blind conformity to stupid conventions.

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Punctuation Rules! | Wordnik ~ all the words — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:28:16 +0000

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By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:49:52 +0000

Also right: The car costs $10000: I am going to buy it.

By: Mihai

Mihai — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:46:41 +0000

@Oliver Lawrence: but then so is {Joe said “My car is blue.”}, or your exact example, {“My car is blue.”}, because the outer sentence is missing a period.

By: Mihai

Mihai — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:41:18 +0000

@Bondara: by that rule, the first example is “right”, not “wrong”. I don’t know which you are trying to point — that the rule is right, or that it is wrong — but the rule is obviously wrong.

By: Oliver Lawrence

Oliver Lawrence — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:10:51 +0000

‘Uncle John said, “My car is blue”.’ would also be wrong in British English, as “My car is blue” is a complete sentence.

By: Ethna Golf

Ethna Golf — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:41:03 +0000

I’ve lived in England for years and if what your saying is true about English punctuation with quotation marks being different to American English I’m really shocked… serves me right for spending too long on the golf course and not on my British English grammar