English - Punctuation - Quotation marks - Quotation Mark Rules

5 steps: (1) Quotation marks go around the EXACT words someone says: Tom said, "I like pizza." (2) The comma goes BEFORE the opening quote when the speaker comes first: She said, "Hello." (3) Punctuation goes INSIDE the closing quotation marks: "I'm tired," he said. NOT "I'm tired", he said. (4) Sta