This page covers whether periods full stops , commas and other punctuation marks should be placed before or after a speech mark. Unfortunately, the rules governing whether to place punctuation inside or outside speech marks are not straightforward. The quick summary is Semicolons and colons outside.. Thus “When I say immediately , I mean some time before April,” said the spokesman. For the relative placing of quotation marks and punctuation, follow Hart s rules. Thus, if an extract ends with a full stop or question mark, put the punctuation before the closing inverted commas..
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