Comments on: Commas and Periods: Inside or Outside Quotation Marks? http://www.ossweb.com/commas-and-periods-inside-or-outside-quotation-marks.html Writing, editing, photography, technology, and Web development for small businesspeople Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:42:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://www.ossweb.com/commas-and-periods-inside-or-outside-quotation-marks.html#comment-1289 Administrator Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:26:17 +0000 http://www.ossweb.com/wp-blog/?p=64#comment-1289 Anibal: here's what many writers do when using a reference to a sentence.: Then Jesus said to the disciples: “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority” (Acts 1:7). You keep the Scripture reference inside the last period, indicating that the previous words are from Acts 1:7, and that last period suggests that the end of the sentence is after the word "authority." Anibal: here’s what many writers do when using a reference to a sentence.:

Then Jesus said to the disciples: “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority” (Acts 1:7).

You keep the Scripture reference inside the last period, indicating that the previous words are from Acts 1:7, and that last period suggests that the end of the sentence is after the word “authority.”

]]> By: Aníbal Vélez http://www.ossweb.com/commas-and-periods-inside-or-outside-quotation-marks.html#comment-1288 Aníbal Vélez Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:40 +0000 http://www.ossweb.com/wp-blog/?p=64#comment-1288 How to use periods in case of a use of reference after quotation marks. Where to locate the reference? Examples: (1) “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.” (Acts 1:7). (2) What if the quotation marks are inside a sentence, such as: Then Jesus said to the disciples: “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.” (Acts 1:7). How to use periods in case of a use of reference after quotation marks. Where to locate the reference? Examples: (1) “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.” (Acts 1:7). (2) What if the quotation marks are inside a sentence, such as: Then Jesus said to the disciples: “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.” (Acts 1:7).

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