Hello, I would like to know how to write a quotation in regards to punctuation and position. For example, if i say :
my grandfather once told me about how they used to play table games together before T.V. [color=red]“Now everybody is busy watching T.V”, he said.
Is it correct how i wrote it?
First, look at this correctly punctuated sentence:
“Now everybody is busy watching television,” he said.
Abbreviating ‘television’ to ‘T.V.’ causes a problem with the punctuation, as three separate punctuation marks in a row are very unusual:
“Now everybody is busy watching T.V.,” he said.
To resolve this, the second comma is left out:
“Now everybody is busy watching T.V.” he said.
Alternatively, some people avoid full stops in the abbreviation:
“Now everybody is busy watching TV,” he said.
So when quoting, the comma should always be inside the quotation?
“We enjoyed the holiday a lot,” he said.
Is this correct?
It is not incorrect.
There are complications, however:
[i]… the problem of whether to put other punctuation marks inside or outside the quotation marks. There are two schools of thought on this, which I shall call the logical view and the conventional view.
The logical view holds that the only punctuation marks which should be placed inside the quotation marks are those that form part of the quotation, while all others should be placed outside. The conventional view, in contrast, insists on placing most other punctuation marks inside a closing quote, regardless of whether they form part of the quotation. Here are two sentences punctuated according to the logical view:
“The only thing we have to fear”, said Franklin Roosevelt, “is fear itself.”
The Prime Minister condemned what he called “simple-minded solutions”.
And here they are punctuated according to the conventional view:
“The only thing we have to fear,” said Franklin Roosevelt, “is fear itself.”
The Prime Minister condemned what he called “simple-minded solutions.”
Note the placing of the comma after fear in the first example and of the final full stop in the second. These are not part of their quotations, and so the logical view places them outside the quote marks, while the conventional view places them inside, on the theory that a closing quote should always follow another punctuation mark.[/i]
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Ok thanks, I will simply go with the logical one 
As long as you are aware that many traditionalists would consider the logical one to be incorrect.