Thread: ". or ."

Does the full stop go inside or outside the quotation marks? I see people doing it both ways all the time....

Argh, punctuation sucks.

EDIT: so if someone's speaking it goes on the inside, but what if you are just quoting one word or something.... doesn't it look a bit strange like this:

This word means "dog."

Could these be just typos?

Most definately. People on the internet are often somewhat lacking in grammatical accuracy... and now I have no idea which is correct anymore.

This word means "dog." - American usage
This word means "dog". - British usage (and Russian)

Originally Posted by E-learner

This word means "dog." - American usage
This word means "dog". - British usage (and Russian)

This is horribly simplistic, it's much more complcated than that.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pun1.htm