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.
Though not necessarily logical, the American rules for multiple punctuation with quotation marks are firmly established. (See here for a brief explanation of the British style.) Commas and periods that are part of the overall sentence go inside the quotation marks, even though they arenât part of the original quotation. Correct: âThe best investments today,â according to Smith, âare commodities and emerging-market stocks.â.