Other Punctuation Marks with Quotation Marks
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Always place a comma or period before beginning or ending quotation marks.
Incorrect: "Ned", he requested", please take this to Mr. Green".Correct: "Ned," he requested,"please take this to Mr. Green."
Always place a colon or semicolon after ending quotation marks. (This is relatively rare.)
Correct: George claimed,"I have twenty points"; Bill said he only had twelve.
See also Question Marks and Exclamation Points in Quotations, Colons with Quotations, and Commas with Quotations.
