Grammar Thursday is Back!

I haven't posted a Grammar Thursday in a long time, but I have one today. The topic is punctuation and quotes.

The rule is simple: Punctuation always goes inside of quotes. No matter what.

If you need to know whether punctuation goes inside or outside of quotes, just remember this. PUNCTUATION ALWAYS GOES INSIDE OF QUOTES! You will never find a situation where punctuation doesn't go inside of quotes. If you do, please let me know, but I sincerely doubt you will.

Here's an example:

"I can't believe she said that," Martha said

Either way, punctuation goes inside of quotes. Sorry for being repetitive, but an astounding number of history and english teachers seemed to not know this simple rule, which is very disappointing, considering their professions.

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