When writers become confused about quotation marks, it usually has to do with where to put other nearby punctuation. Below is an example of a conversation between two characters, with their dialogue correctly punctuated. Martin said, “I m going over to Jennifer s house for a few hours.”. Here are some of the rules, with examples. The entire sentence, including the period or question mark or exclamation point is within the quotation marks. The dialogue is enclosed in quotation marks. A comma follows the dialogue and comes before the closing quotation mark..Quotation marks are used to indicate direct quotations and dialogue. Now look at a couple of examples using the exclamation mark, where the same logic .When your sentence ends with a dialogue tag, you use a comma inside the quotation marks. When you are not using dialogue tags, you ll want to put the period inside the quotation marks as well. Incorrect Example Mark walked across the room to the corner dresser..
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