When a sentence ends with quoted words, the end punctuation goes inside the final quotation marks.Dad said, "I'll be home soon." Notice how the period ending the sentence goes inside the final quotation mark. We end the sentence with a period and then put the quotation mark after the period.

If a quote is used to end a sentence, it uses a period. The period is placed within the quotation marks: The sign says, “ No parking.” If a sentence ends with a quote-within-a-quote, the period is typically placed inside all of the quotation marks:

In American English, a quote that comes at the end of a sentence will contain a period inside the final quotation marks. ✅ Correct: She said, “ Goodbye.” ❌ Incorrect: She said, “ Goodbye ”. If a sentence ends with multiple quotes (a quote within a quote), the period is placed within all of the final quotation marks.

Use a comma, question mark, or exclamation mark after a quoted sentence when followed by a concluding expression.