Punctuating : Quotation Marks
Rules regarding to quotation marks :
- Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes.
- The placement of question marks with quotes follows logic. If a question is in quotation marks, the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.
Ex :
Where
are you going asked the rabbit
- "Where are you going?" asked the rabbit.
- The rabbit asked, "Where are you going?"
I announced the dog
loudly am going to hunt rabbits
- "I am going to hunt rabbits," announced the
dog loudly.
- The dog announced loudly, "I am going to hunt
rabbits."
That's very nice the
rabbit said quietly where will you find them
- "That's very nice," the rabbit said quietly,
"where will you find them?"
- The rabbit said quietly, "That's very nice, where
will you find them?"
- "That's very nice, where will you find them?"
the rabbit asked.
The dog replied
knowingly there are dozens of them near the brook
- The dog replied knowingly, "There are dozens of
them near the brook."
- "There are dozens of them near the brook,"
the dog replied knowingly.
Well the rabbit mumbled
good luck in your hunting
- "Well," the rabbit mumbled, "good luck
in your hunting."
- The rabbit mumbled, "Well, good luck in your
hunting."
- "Well, good luck in your hunting," the
rabbit mumbled.
Just a minute shouted
the dog you look like you know something about rabbits
- "Just a minute," shouted the dog, "you
look like you know something about rabbits."
- the dog shouted, "Just a minute, you look
like you know something about rabbits."
- "Just a minute, you look like you know
something about rabbits," the dog shouted.
Yes I do the rabbit said
in a soft voice
- "Yes, I do," the rabbit said in a soft voice.
- The rabbit said in a soft voice, "Yes, I do."
Tell me what you know
the dog roared
- "Tell me what you know," the dog roared.
- The dog roared, "Tell me what you know."
I know enough whispered
the rabbit as she hopped off into the bushes to recognize a good escape when I
see one
- "I know enough," whispered the rabbit as she
hopped off into the bushes, "to recognize a good escape when I see
one."
- The rabbit whispered as she hopped off into the bushes,
"I know enough, to recognize a good escape when I see one."
- "I know enough, to recognize a good escape
when I see one," the rabbit whispered as she hopped off into the
bushes.