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2341626 No.2341626 [Reply] [Original]

Do punctuation marks go inside or outside quotation marks at the end of a sentence?

>> No.2341637

In America, they go inside.

I think they go outside according to British rules.

>> No.2341641

>>2341637
that's weird, I thought it was the other way round.

"British."
"American".

no?

>> No.2341642

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Do+punctuation+marks+go+inside+or+outside+quotation+marks+at+the+end+of+a+sente
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>> No.2341644

>>2341641

Nope

"British".
"American."

>> No.2341647
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2341647

I don't understand the question.

>> No.2341654

inside if it's a period, but for question and exclamation marks it depends on the situation

>> No.2341657

>>2341644
damn, I'm British and I've been doing it wrong all these years!

>> No.2341666
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2341666

I ALWAYS PUT THE PERIOD, OR THE COMA, OR THE SEMICOLON, OUTSIDE OF THE "QUOTATION MARKS".

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2341684

>2012
>Using quotation marks

ISHYGDDT

>> No.2341707

>>2341666
>COMA
>yfw I felt like putting you in a coma after reading that
>yfw you have no face

>> No.2341719
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2341719

>>2341707

>YOUR FACE WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS A "TYPO".
>YOUR FACE WHEN YOU WILL REPLY TELLING ME THAT YOU DO KNOW WHAT IS A "TYPO".
>YOUR FACE WHEN IT WILL BE BLATANT THAT YOU JUST SEARCHED THE WORD IN A DICTIONARY.

>> No.2341725
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2341725

Depends on the situation.

If it's dialogue, then you put in inside.
>Ric Flair said, "Stylin' and profilin', baby."

It it's referential, then outside.
>My favorite Simpsons episode is "You Only Move Twice".

>> No.2341738

>>2341719

BURN.

>> No.2341759

If the punctuation mark is part of the quote itself, it goes inside the quotation marks. Otherwise it goes outside

>> No.2341821

>>2341644
>"British".
>"American."

This is it. Handily, for the rest of the world outside of Britain and the US, it means that you can never get it wrong whichever way you do it.