From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Quotation Marks Question
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:39:03 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest Lilley" <elilley at mindspring.com>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:39 AM
Subject: [WSFA] Quotation Marks Question

> I'm sure that you folks will have an answer (possibly more than one) to
> a question that nags at me.
>
> When using quotation marks in general, punctuation appears within the
> marks, but I'm not sure about when used to denote a colloquialism.
>
> Which is right?
>
> I went to the store to get a "something tasty."
> I went to the store to get a "something tasty".
>
> Strunk and White is terribly helpful. They say not to go there in
> general, as colloquialism's are "condescending." Since I'm quoting them,
> there's no question where the punctuation goes.

As a rule, the period at the end of the sentence goes within the quote
marks, regardless.

--Ted White