{"id":936,"date":"2013-04-02T15:38:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T21:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=936"},"modified":"2020-11-25T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T16:26:07","slug":"periods-with-quotation-marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/quotation-marks\/periods-with-quotation-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"Periods with Quotation Marks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bart F. recently wrote, \u201cI read your Bluebook<\/em> rules, but the examples omitted the common usage found when a sentence ends with a quote that completes the thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bart continued:<\/p>\n

Texas, with a history of rugged individualism, was part of the \u201cSagebrush rebellion\u201d<\/em>. I was taught that this was the one exception to the quotation mark following the period. Am I right or wrong?<\/p>\n

Before I answer his question, let me first ask this: How many of you have been advised of one or all of the following phrases many times, \u201cnever say never<\/em>,” “never say always<\/em>,\u201d and \u201cthere\u2019s an exception to every rule\u201d?<\/p>\n

To that I give you our Rule 4 of Quotation Marks<\/a>: Periods and commas always <\/strong>go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes<\/em>. (Emphasis added.)<\/p>\n

Really, always<\/em>? Always<\/strong>. Never<\/em> place the period outside the quotation marks? Never<\/strong>. Are there no exceptions? No exceptions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There is one catch: This is the American English rule (this newsletter, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation<\/em>, and www.GrammarBook.com<\/a> represent American English rules). If you follow British English rules, then Bart is correct and you must use logic instead of just following a rule.<\/p>\n

Now, try your hand at the pop quiz. Even if you don\u2019t live in the United States, as long as you follow the American English rule, you really should get 100% right on this quiz!<\/p>\n

Pop Quiz
\n<\/strong>
\nChoose the correct sentence.<\/p>\n

1A. Texas, with a history of rugged individualism, was part of the \u201cSagebrush rebellion\u201d.
\n1B. Texas, with a history of rugged individualism, was part of the \u201cSagebrush rebellion.\u201d<\/p>\n

2A. She said, “Hurry up”.
\n2B. She said, “Hurry up.”<\/p>\n

3A. The sign changed from “Walk”, to “Don’t Walk”, to “Walk” again within 30 seconds.
\n3B. The sign changed from “Walk,” to “Don’t Walk,” to “Walk” again within 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

Pop Quiz Answers<\/strong>
\n1B. Texas, with a history of rugged individualism, was part of the \u201cSagebrush rebellion.\u201d
\n2B. She said, “Hurry up.”
\n3B. The sign changed from “Walk,” to “Don’t Walk,” to “Walk” again within 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

Did you get them all right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bart F. recently wrote, \u201cI read your Bluebook rules, but the examples omitted the common usage found when a sentence ends with a quote that completes the thought.\u201d Bart continued: Texas, with a history of rugged individualism, was part of the \u201cSagebrush rebellion\u201d. I was taught that this was the one exception to the quotation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotation-marks"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}