He arrived on Prince Edward Island (then called Island of St. John) and recommended both the current location of Charlottetown as well as the name âCharlotte Townâ to honour Queen Charlotte, wife of George III of England.
1 When only the unit in quotation marks is a question or exclamation, the mark goes inside the closing quotation mark. 2  When both the whole sentence and the unit enclosed in quotation marks are questions or exclamations, the question or exclamation mark goes inside the closing quotation mark.
Rule 7. Use single quotation marks for quotations within quotations. Example: Dan said: In a town outside Brisbane, I saw 'Tourists go home' written on a wall. But then someone told me, 'Pay it no mind, lad.' . Note that the period goes inside both the single and double quotation marks. Also note that, as a courtesy, there is visible space between adjacent single and double quotation marks.