Re: Use of commas in quotation marks

The True Melissa <[email protected]> posted:
> Verily, in article <[email protected]>, did daniel47
> @nomail.afraid.org deliver unto us this message:
> > On 27/07/2026 12:28 am, Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote:
> > 
> > > If the quote is a complete sentence, the period is placed inside the
> > > closing quotation mark. For example:
> > > 
> > > She said, "I'm going to the store."
> > 
> > ... or shouldn't that line, more correctly, be 'She said, "I'm going to 
> > the store.".' .... Notice the full stop ending the 'She said 
> > "........".' bit.
> 
> No, one period will do. Cujo was correct. If there's more sentence after 
> the speech, you'll need another period, but in that case you wouldn't 
> have one inside the quotation.
> 
> She said, "I'm going to the store," but I think she'll just order 
> delivery. 
> 
> A period is called a "full stop" for a reason. It ends the whole 
> sentence. 

That's correct.

If Miguel has been paying attention he'll probably not have to make that same error again.

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