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It depends if you are writing in British or US English.
I know, they invented the language, but in the US we just kind of go our own way.
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Most of the time. But sometimes not. Consider this:
Did he really say it was a 'meeting of the minds'? Note the position of the question mark.
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No, they do not necessarily always go within quotation marks. If the punctuation mark is connected to the portion of the sentence contained within the quotation marks, then the punctuation goes inside. If the punctuation mark is a part of the sentence as a whole, then they go outside.
Examples;
"Can it be any clearer?" she asked.
Did she say "it's as clear as mud"?
Their responses were varied, "terrifying", "scary", and "nerve-racking" being some of the comments.
The answer is ... maybe
Americans tend to put the punctuation inside the quotation marks. Brits tend to put the punctuation OUTSIDe of the quotation marks.
There are different style manuals which answer this question different ways and they don't always agree.
Chicago Manual of Style has this correct sentence:
Refer to the article titled "A Comparison of the MLA and the APA Style Manuals."
Brits would put that period outside of the quotes.
There are the quotes where punctuation must be inside; and quotes where the meaning flows like subjective ellipsis, so that the quote does not stand apart from the sentence in any way other than with the quotation marks –like listing a dozen things a parrot says.
The truth is you can find a style manual to justify almost any punctuation choice.
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