Period Before Or After Quotation

In the british style, the period is placed inside the quotation marks if it is logically belongs there. For instance, he said, “i’m going to the mall.”. (leave the one before the final quotation mark.) also, you need a comma after said and no space after the first quotation mark.

Albert einstein once said, “learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. 3 comma usage after quotation: As an editor, i often move such punctuation outside the quotation marks (rule breaker!).

However, for question mark and exclaimation, you can put it inside if you are quoting a sentence.

The united states has this rule: No one other than professional editors seems to know that. The important thing is not to stop. Using a period after the quote and writing “he shuddered at the note” as a separate sentence is fine in describing an action apart from the quoted statement.