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Question about quotes and periods - me

Posted: Mar 26, 2010

I'm doing a psych clinic report and the doctor uses the patient's words in quotes often, and he always dictates it with the period after the quotes, which I learned is wrong, but I am wondering if the entire sentence isn't a quote, only the last part, does that still hold true, such as:

The patient states he is tired, doesn't sleep and is "run down"

Does the period go before or after the quotes?

Thanks

Quotes - I personally

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prefer the period inside the quotes in that instance, but the the other way is acceptable too, and there are many who don't like it inside the quotes, so I begrudgingly put it on the outside just to be on the safe side.

Big oops there! I said it the opposite of how - I do it...

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In that instance I prefer the period OUTSIDE, but always put them INSIDE to be on the safe side.

I think I've been typing too long today. Brain is fried.

inside the end quote, like this.... - quotes and period

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The patient states he is tired, doesn't sleep and is "run down."

Period always inside the quotes, in any/all instances. - Not a personal preference thing

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I agree. There is only 1 instance when the punctuation - quotes and periods

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is placed outside the end quote and this is when the whole sentence, including the quotation, is a question, like so

The patient asked, "Must I take all 20 tablets"?

The British do it exactly the other way around and put a-l-l the punctuation marks outside of the end quote.

Incorrect On Question Mark-see msg - MT

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If the patient is asking a question, the question mark goes INSIDE the quotes. "Do I look ill?"

It goes outside the quotation mark when the direct quote itself is not a question, but the person speaking is asking a question. Do you think he meant it when he said, "Your dress is ugly"?

Note the difference. I believe BOS does address this.

"quotes and periods" explained it correctly before you did. - confused MT

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Thank you all - me

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I'm still in training, so my work goes to QA anyway, so I will see what she says. I put all the quotes after the periods, mostly because that's my natural instinct and I was too lazy to go back and change them anyway, so I'll let you know if she corrects them.

In case she changes the periods to outside the quotes, tell her that they belong inside - quotes and periods

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and that she can look it up in the BOS 2 Page 345/6

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