English Grammar & Punctuation : How to Use Quotation Marks in Dialog

In dialog, quotation marks should contain what a speaker said verbatim. Use punctuation as it would normally be used around quotation marks when writing in dialog with help from a certified tutor in this free video on punctuation in the English language.

Expert: Paige Carrera
Bio: Paige Carrera is a certified tutor for both Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• English
• grammar
• punctuation
• apostrophes
• quotation marks
• adverbs
• nouns
• adjectives
• verbs
• parts of speech
• language
• linguistics

[rjwhitlow]

It might escape the attention of someone watching this video that periods/question marks/exclamation marks come before the closing quotation mark when writing dialog, not after.