Punctuation
American English puts the closing comma or period inside of the closing quotation mark regardless of whether it’s part of the quoted material.
British English puts the closing comma or period outside of the closing quotation mark if it is not part of the quoted material.
American English British English
“The baby,” he said, “is taking a nap.” “The baby”, he said, “is taking a nap.”
The press called the project “a huge success.” The press called the project “a huge success”.
American English uses double quotation marks. For a quote inside the first quote, single quotation marks are used.
British English uses single quotation marks. For a quote inside the first quote, double quotation marks are used.
American English British English
“Bill said to ‘remove the filter first.’ ‘Bill said to “remove the filter first.”
So that’s what I did,” said John. So that’s what I did,’ said John.
American English puts the closing comma or period inside of the closing quotation mark regardless of whether it’s part of the quoted material.
British English puts the closing comma or period outside of the closing quotation mark if it is not part of the quoted material.
American English British English
“The baby,” he said, “is taking a nap.” “The baby”, he said, “is taking a nap.”
The press called the project “a huge success.” The press called the project “a huge success”.
American English uses double quotation marks. For a quote inside the first quote, single quotation marks are used.
British English uses single quotation marks. For a quote inside the first quote, double quotation marks are used.
American English British English
“Bill said to ‘remove the filter first.’ ‘Bill said to “remove the filter first.”
So that’s what I did,” said John. So that’s what I did,’ said John.