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2. Wikipedia : Guidance on applying the Manual of Style

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   For example, "Stop!" has the punctuation inside the quotation marks because the word "stop" is said with emphasis. However, when using "scare quotes", the comma goes outside. Other examples: Arthur said the situation was "deplorable". (The full stop (period) is not part of the quotation.)

3. Sentence spacing in language and style guides - Wikipedia

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   For copyeditors, the 2nd edition of the Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, published in 2006, states that users should "delete any extra word spacing before or after punctuation marks" and that "The conventions are: One space follows a sentence-ending punctuation mark." [48]

4. Quotation marks in English - Wikipedia

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   In English writing, quotation marks or inverted commas, also known informally as quotes, talking marks, [1] [2] speech marks, [3] quote marks, quotemarks or speechmarks, are punctuation marks placed on either side of a word or phrase in order to identify it as a quotation, direct speech or a literal title or name.

5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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   Do not follow quoted words or fragments with commas inside the quotation marks, except where a longer quotation has been broken up and the comma is part of the full quotation. Correct: "I began to change, opening the way to confidence and courage", said Turner. Correct: "I began to change," said Turner, "opening the way to confidence and courage."

6. These Are the Only Ways You Should Be Using a Colon

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   When to use a colon: Introduce a quote, subtitle, or subheading. Love franchise movies? You’ve probably encountered lots of colons in your moviegoing. Captain America: Civil War. Mad Max: Fury Road.

7. Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style/5 - Wikipedia

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   Place a full stop (a period) or a comma before a closing quotation mark if it belongs as part of the quoted material (She said, "I'm feeling carefree. "); otherwise, put it after (The word carefree means "happy".). Please do so irrespective of any rules associated with the variety of English in use.

8. What Is the Oxford Comma, Exactly? Plus, Here's Why It ... - AOL

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   All about the Oxford comma, including when it may or may not be necessary.

9. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/quotation and punctuation ...

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   MLA Style Manual. 2nd ed., 3.9.7: Punctuation with Quotations. By convention, commas and periods go inside the closing quotation marks, but a parenthetical reference should intervene between the quotation and the required punctuation . . .