Help me out here, does the period come before or after the quotation mark in a sentence? I thought it was one way and then at work a few years ago I was told it was another way and since then I've seen it both ways. But which is correct?
John said, "I like spaghetti with meatballs."
OR
John said, "I like spaghetti with meatballs".
I've always thought it was the former, but at work they liked me to use the latter and with all of the autocorrect going on with smart phones and tablets, I am confused.
I've heard that the former way resulted from back when they used printing presses. The typesetter would place the period inside the quotation marks because if he didn't do it that way, the period could possibly get bent.
Hmmm, what do you think?
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I was taught that the period goes inside the quotation marks. I've never seen it the other way, to be honest. I'm pretty sure inside is how it's done in every book I've read. Now I'm really curious. Fill us in on what you find out, will you?
Which makes me wonder, does the same apply with other punctuation marks? Question marks, exclamation marks? Emoticons? Just kidding on that last one.
According to this website http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
The period always goes inside the quotation marks in the US. I was surprised.
According to this website http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
The period always goes inside the quotation marks in the US. I was surprised.
Thanks guys! I am with you on putting the period inside the quotation marks.
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