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In dialogue, ending punctuation marks should go

inside the quotation marks.

outside of the quotation marks.

wherever they feel most right.

at the beginning of the quotation.

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punctuation marks go INSIDE the quotations. think of dialogue as sentences simply enclosed in quotations. keep the end punctuation with the sentence.
User Peter Birdsall
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Inside the quotation marks.
Dialogues are complete sentences so the marks that follow the completion of a sentence lie within the quotation marks.
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