How to determine whether a comma or period is inside or outside the quotation marks?

There are two types of positional relationships between quotation marks and periods. One is that the quotation marks are inside the period, and the other is that the quotation marks are outside the period.

When the quotation is used as part of one's own words, that is, it is not a sentence or an independent quotation, the quotation marks are placed inside the period; conversely, when the quotation is an independent sentence, the quotation marks are placed inside the period. Outside the period.

For example: The beauty of nature is the source of all artistic beauty. As the ancients said, "The heaven and earth are vast, but the beauty is speechless." Strange in the middle, taste in the light, it is a kind of natural beauty that does not need to be carved.

The sentences enclosed in quotation marks in the example sentences are not complete sentences and are not independent quotations, so the quotation marks cannot be placed outside the period. If the quoter is using the quote as a complete stand-alone statement, then in order to maintain the complete stand-alone nature of the quote, the final punctuation should be placed within quotation marks.

Extended information

Quotation marks indicate the parts quoted in the text. There are two types of quotation marks: double quotation marks and single quotation marks, which are marked as "", 『』 and ''「」 respectively.

Among them, "" and "" are curved quotation marks, which are used when ""'' Western-style quotation marks are inconvenient to use. The earliest hook brackets came from Japan (Japanese "hook brackets" in Japanese Not all quotes). However, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have become accustomed to using "" and "" in horizontal layout.

Since the 2010s, Chinese quotation marks "" and "" have also been widely used in mainland China, and often appear in advertisements, posters, TV channel subtitles, etc.

The function of quotation marks is:

(1) means quotation;

(2) means specific title;

(3) means Special meaning;

(4) Expresses irony and ridicule;

(5) Highlights.

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