Jun 20
Quotation marks
Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009 in Punctuation
There are two basic rules:
Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks.
Question marks and exclamation points go in or out, depending on whether they are part of the material being quoted.
There is much more to this topic and for that I refer you to
English Grammar for Dummies. I need to review that chapter myself before I do any serious quoting.
Jun 19
One space between sentences.
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 in Period, Punctuation
On a typewriter you might have been taught to place two spaces after a sentence. That does not apply to typing on a computer. Since computers use proportional fonts, where the space taken by each character varies, two spaces can leave a disturbing gap. This also applies to all other punctuation marks.