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There is a third alternative to choosing either British or North American convention (as Nicole B said). That is 'All signs of punctuation used with words in quotation marks should be placed ACCORDING TO LOGIC'.
Examples:
(1) Bilbo said, 'We must find the wizard.'
Here the full stop is inside the q marks, because the word "wizard" is the logical end of Bilbo's sentence.
(2) But Thorin was sure that Bilbo had not said 'We must find the wizard'. What he had said was 'We must follow the wizard'.
Here in both sentences the full stop is outside the q marks, because the sentences ending with the word "wizard" are both logically about Thorin's thoughts.
there's no need to include a . if you use ?
The question is ?
Periods generally go inside quotes unless the words in the quote aren't at the end of the sentence.
After, if you use the quote as part of a sentence.
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In the USA, the convention is to place punctuation inside the quotes. For example:
David said, "Let's go to the store before it closes."
In the UK, the convention is to place punctuation outside the quotes.
David said, "Let's go to the store before it closes".
before quotation mark
Ex.
He said, "I would like to race."
"like so".
A full-stop is always at the very end of a sentence.
After read Nicole B's answer it's different for you.
If the quotation is the last part of the sentence, the period is inside the quotation mark. If not, the period is at the end of the sentence.
"Yes".
It is customary to use a comma, before a set of quotation marks. Never a full stop. It represents a slight pause, before referring to another specific point.
You mention, "period". Does this mean that you are in US? In that case, perhaps you do it differently?
That got me, too...I looked in a great book, Strunk and White, and the period goes before the quotation mark.
I was thought that it went after.
"dhjhwjhdj (68)".
Do you mean a full stop
The period comes before the quotation mark. Just look at any newspaper for myriad examples.
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