ghanashyam Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I remain very confused when these things come up. Which way the full stop shall go?He said," I love America."He said," I love America". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmel Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 On 10/1/2013 at 2:49 PM, ghanashyam said: I remain very confused when these things come up. Which way the full stop shall go?He said," I love America."He said," I love America".Since I love America are the exact words of the subject He, it is correct to put the period inside the quotation marks just like this: He said, "I love America." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashwinr1 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 The quotation marks are present in this sentence to indicate direct speech. Hence I suppose the full stop has to come inside the quotation marks. But am not exactly sure about this, waiting for more clarifications on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraM Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 On 10/1/2013 at 2:49 PM, ghanashyam said: I remain very confused when these things come up. Which way the full stop shall go?He said," I love America."He said," I love America".The quotation marks always go after the period at the end of a sentence. Likewise, they will go after a coma or a semicolon.So it would be written this way:He said, "I love America."Also:He said, "I love America," but he refused to say more.He said," I love America;" his friend said nothing.I have seen it written incorrectly from time to time, and this adds to the confusion over the correct form; people don't always know which one is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandandesign Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 He said, "I love America." is correct. Make sure the period is always before the quotation mark, and also leave a space between the comma and the quotation mark. However, do not leave a space between the first quotation mark and the word after it. In American writing, formatting is critical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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