"If we go inside," George said, "we'll have to meet them!" In these examples, the punctuation still goes inside the speech marks of the first section. A punctuation mark is then used after the ...

Two different polls of viewers of President Donald Trump’s congressional address Tuesday revealed speech watchers approved of the president’s remarks, but that may not be all surprising considering ...

“I just saw the lights come on.” In this example, the punctuation still goes inside the speech marks of the first section. A punctuation mark is then used after the reporting clause, before ...