Punctuation two styles differ mainly in the way in which they handle quotation marks, particularly in conjunction with other punctuation marks. In British English, punctuation such as periods and commas are placed outside the closing quotation mark; in American English, however, punctuation is placed inside the closing quotation mark. This rule varies for other punctuation marks; for example, American English follows the British English rule when it comes to semicolons, colons, question marks, and exclamation points. Other languages of Europe use much the same punctuation as English. The similarity is so strong that the few variations may confuse a native English
Quotation mark punctuation should be written inside or outside the quotation marks; North American printing usually puts ending punctuation to the left of the closing quotation mark, whether it is part of the original quoted material or not, while styles elsewhere vary widely and have different rationales for placing it inside or outside, often a matter of house style. Regarding the aspect, there are two types of quotation marks: The closing single quotation mark is identical or similar in form (depending on the font) to the apostrophe and similar to the prime symbol. The double quotation mark is identical to the ditto