Periods And Commas Inside Quotes

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How do you end a story that’s not yours? Add another sentence where there is a pause? Infiltrate the story with a comma when really there should have been a period? Punctuate with an exclamation point where a period would have sufficed? What if you kill something breathing and breathe life into something the author wanted to eliminate? How do you get inside the mind of a person who isn’t there? Fill the shoes of someone who will never again fill his own?
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Shaila M. Abdullah
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In the United States, periods and commas go inside the quotation mark. In Britain, they go outside the quotation mark. Squiggly said, β€œNo.” (United States) Squiggly said, β€œNo”. (Britain) Β  β€œNo,” said Squiggly. (United States) β€œNo”, said Squiggly. (Britain)
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Mignon Fogarty (Grammar Girl's Punctuation 911: Your Guide to Writing it Right (Quick & Dirty Tips))
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As soon as I saw the bookshelves through the store windows, I felt lighter. Just thinking about the smell inside. Paper, compressed nature, and hands making words, a must of knowing and magic. Periods. Commas. Digressions. Analogies. The beauty of everyday thought turned poetry. It was all there, and I was hit with a little sliver of peace in the chaos of my brain.
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Dave Connis (Suggested Reading)