American Commas, periods, and “quotes.”

In American English, commas and periods go inside of quotation marks.

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Woolf uses words like “thrilled”, “tossed and shot”, “leaping twisting”, and “slapped”, to describe her experiences “at sea”. This is the British style. Don’t do this around here.

�Woolf uses words like “thrilled,” “tossed and shot,” “leaping twisting,” and “slapped,” to describe her experiences “at sea.” America!

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Spiders! Now remember the commas, periods, and quotes rule.