Editing Quotation marks in English (section)

=== Ending the sentence ===

In both major styles, regardless of placement, only one end mark (?, !, or .) can end a sentence. Only the period, however, ''may not'' end a quoted sentence when it does not also end the enclosing sentence, except for literal text:<ref name="CMoS_6.9" /><ref>{{cite book |title=New Hart's Rules |date=2005 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861041-0 |editor-first=R. M. |editor-last=Ritter |url=https://archive.org/details/newhartsrules00rmri }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Merriam-Webster's Guide to Punctuation and Style |edition=2nd |isbn=978-0-87779-921-4 |date=2001 |author=Merriam-Webster |publisher=Merriam-Webster |url=https://archive.org/details/merriamwebstersg00merr_0 }}</ref>
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"Hello, world," she said. (both styles)
She said, "Hello, world." (both styles)
"Hello, world!" she exclaimed. (both styles)
"Is anybody out there?" she asked into the void. (both styles)
</poem>}}

With narration of direct speech, both styles retain punctuation inside the quotation marks, with a full stop changing into a comma if followed by attributive matter, also known as a speech tag or annunciatory clause. Americans tend to apply quotations when signifying doubt of veracity (sarcastically or seriously), to imply another meaning to a word or to imply a cynical take on a paraphrased quotation, without punctuation at all.