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.
One issue that comes up when you use quotation marks is where to put other punctuation like periods, commas, and question marks. Should they go outside of the quotation marks or inside? The issue is complicated because there are two different accepted answers: one for American English and another for British English.