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Icon for www.unr.eduunr.edu · Oct 17, 2023

Dialogue punctuation

Most often, commas and periods go within the quotation marks, but there are some forms of punctuation and examples that go outside of the quotation marks. Utilize these tips to make sure that the punctuation of your dialogue is correct. “I am writing ...
Icon for www.unr.eduunr.edu · Oct 23, 2023

MLA Quotation Punctuation

Example: In “Synthetic Biology–Putting Engineering ... agenda in building novel biological entities” (2797). Note the order of the punctuation: Quotation mark, citation, and then period. If only part of a quote is needed, it is possible to omit ...
Icon for wmich.eduWestern Michigan University · May 3, 2014

Punctuation: Quotation Marks

Continue this pattern, using closing quotation marks only at the very end of the quoted material. Placement with other punctuation: A period or comma always go inside closing quotation marks. ("We hope to win the game," he said.) A dash, semicolon ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Aug 20, 2024

New research analyzes 'Finnegans Wake' for novel spacing between punctuation marks

some of the only known examples to appear to not adhere to the Weibull distribution in punctuation. The team broke down 10 experimental novels by word counts between punctuation marks. These sets ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Jul 26, 2020

How to structure and punctuate direct speech in fiction

"If we go inside," George said, "we'll have to meet them!" In these examples, the punctuation still goes inside the speech marks of the first section. A punctuation mark is then used after the ...
Laughing Squid on MSN.com · Aug 19, 2024

The Ancient Origins Behind Punctuation

The period, colon, and comma, for example, were employed to make sense of the endless run-on sentences of the Greeks. The story of our punctuation marks begins with a man called Aristophanes of ...
Icon for www.creativereview.co.ukCreative Review · Nov 13, 2017

This Is Me, Full Stop – a visual tale of 12 punctuation marks

This Is Me will appeal to fans of typography and also those who take pleasure in the structural system behind our written language, even the potential characteristics of punctuation. For example, the exclamation mark is nicely referred to as “the selfie ...
Icon for wmich.eduWestern Michigan University · May 3, 2014

Punctuation: Question Mark

Do not use a question mark with an indirect question. (He asked if we knew the time.) Put a question mark inside closing quotation marks when the punctuation applies to the quotation itself and outside when it applies to the whole sentence.