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.
Quotation marks also set off the titles of things that do not normally stand by themselves: short stories, poems, and articles. Usually, a quotation is set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma; however, the typography of quoted material can become quite complicated. Here is one simple rule to remember: