Commas And Quotation Marks

In the uk, the tendency is to place them outside. Quotation marks are used to begin and end direct quotations. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks.

To draw attention to a word the word ‘book’ can be used as a noun or a verb. Unlike american english, british english only uses single quotation marks ( ‘ and ’ rather than “ and ”) for direct quotes. Dashes, colons, and semicolons almost always go outside the quotation marks;

This page has examples showing the different conventions for placing punctuation inside or outside quotation marks.

Single quotation marks are also known as ‘quote marks’, ‘quotes’, ‘speech marks’ or ‘inverted commas’. The letters ‘m’, ‘n’, ‘o’ and ‘p’ are adjacent to one another. The letters “m,” “n,” “o,” and “p” are adjacent to one another. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks.