apostrophes and quotation marks

for quotation marks, periods always go (inside/outside)

inside

for quotation marks, commas always go (inside/outside)

inside

for quotation marks, semicolons always go (inside/outside)

outside

for quotation marks, colons always go (inside/outside)

outside

for quotation marks, question marks always go (inside/outside)

depends on if the actual quote is a question. if yes, inside. if no, outside

for quotation marks, dashes always go (inside/outside)

typically outside

quotation marks have 3 main purposes:

1. indicate when someone is speaking’

2. enclose a quote from a secondary source

3. indicate titles of short works like journal articles

how do you make a family name plural that already ends in an s? (ex: gonzales)

add an es. gonzaleses

which one is correct: mother in laws or mothers in law

mothers in law

how would you make the Jones family plural and possesive?? (or any family that ends in s)

add an es and ‘

Joneses’