[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

What about the," Unless you WAS Doctor"? Maybe that was intended to be humorous? ........and for myself.....I never know whether to put the quotation marks before or after the quote ending period or question mark? Anyone can feel free to educate me on this. Anyone.

If the punctuation is to complete a sentence entirely within the set of quotes, the punctuation goes before the second quote. If the quotes are around a sentence fragment, the punctuation goes after the second quote.

Example:

He asked, "Why would you ask such an odd question?"

vs.

Why would you ask such an "odd question"?