> > Quotes are not treated like parentheses. Read any book with dialogue in it and you'll find the final punctuation, whether it is part of the quote or not, inside the quotes.
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> Ah, welcome to Ellmyruh's Pet Peeve #45897. Periods and commas go inside the quotes at all times. End of discussion. Sorry, but that's how it goes. However, exclamation points and question marks only go within the quotes if they belong with the rest of the phrase.
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> Examples of what is correct:
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> -"Does Ellmyruh have pet peeves?" Travholt asked.
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> -Do you really think Ellmyruh has a "Pet Peeve #45897"?
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> -"Ellmyruh has pet peeves."
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> -It is rumored that Ellmyruh has "pet peeves," along with other anal tendencies.
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> Ell"Hmm...what is Pet Peeve #45898?"myruh

Ah. Thank you, ladies, for enlightening me.

Don "Never used quotation marks while being educated, so never learned how to use them correctly. Apparently, it is NOT like parentheses." Monkey