Example:
As my father says[color=red], “Life wouldn’t be interesting if people didn’t have problems[color=red]”.
Are the punctuation marks correct; where to put them?
Thanks in advance
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For a quote like this, I’d say the period/full stop should be inside the quotaton marks.
As my father says[color=red], “Life wouldn’t be interesting if people didn’t have problems[color=red].”
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Amy
This is a very interesting question and one I am currently confused about, so no one should take anything I say too seriously. Actually recently, and even here, I have been trying different methods of end-of-sentence punctuation.
In the past I would have used ‘double’ punctuation marks. ("…didn’t have problems.".) For a quoted question ending a sentence, I would have punctuated as follows.
All he said was “Why are you asking me?”.
This does look a bit busy but seems the most correct. There is a period or question mark at the end of the quoted sentence or question, followed by quotation marks and finally a period at the end of the whole sentence.
However, recently I heard that doing it the way Amy suggested is the correct way. But it seems strange to end a sentence with quotation marks. Also, I understand that the British recommend Butterfly’s way.
I am prepared to defer to the experts if there is a strong consensus, so I am very interested to hear other comments.
If there is no agreement, maybe I will continue to do it my way. 
A related question is whether it matters if one is quoting written or spoken words.
We had a thread about quotation marks before, which might interest you – and perhaps even mix things up a bit more (snigger,snigger) :
How to unquote ‘nested’ quotes at once?
[size=75]http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic10172.html[/size]
Oh, yes… I remember that my confusion with unpaired quotation marks…
Now I got used to seeing it … everyday in newspapers.
He said: “……
“…. . … .
“… … .
“…. … .”
For example, The Comet, 02 November 2006