Periods and Commas inside of Quotation marks
British vs. American English - Punctuating Periods and Commas inside of Quotation marks While Americans place periods and commas inside of quotation marks, those in the UK do the opposite. In British English, all punctuation marks go outside of the quotation marks unless the punctuation is a part of the material being quoted. British also use single quotation marks for standard quotes and double quotation marks for quotes within a quote. Americans do the opposite, defaulting to double quotation marks for standard quotes, and only using single quotations when quoting something within another quote. American English: “I remember he said, ‘Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.’” British English: ‘I remember he said, “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”’ Punctuating single words, letters, and partial sentences If you’re using quotation marks with single letters, translations, mottos, or slang, you’ll put opening and closing quotation marks around the specific word, letter,