Colons and semicolons are always placed outside quotation marks. Ex: John wrote, "I'm sorry that I won't be able to come home for Christmas"; however, he managed to get some time off. Question marks ...

Do not use a question mark with an indirect question. (He asked if we knew the time.) Put a question mark inside closing quotation marks when the punctuation applies to the quotation itself and ...

Placement with other punctuation: A period or comma always go inside closing quotation marks. ("We hope to win the game," he said.) A dash, semicolon, question mark and exclamation point go inside ...