Punctuation conundrum

Even a maven uses an outside source now and then. Such was the case when a new client of mine asked for punctuation rules for quotation marks.

For the record, punctuation typically goes inside the quotation mark; however, I did find an exception from one of my favorite sources, Purdue’s Online Writing Lab.

According to OWL, “Place a question mark or exclamation point within closing quotation marks if the punctuation applies to the quotation itself. Place the punctuation outside the closing quotation marks if the punctuation applies to the whole sentence.”

By JanO on 4/10/08, In Uncategorized, Tags client, grammar, punctuation, sentence, writing