Lilli Kochel: comma before quote thats it"Of course not," she answered.
Darren Heling: No, never use double punctuation.And the comma goes inside of parenthesis."Of course not!" she said"Of course not," she said.Also, if you have a really long quote that's more than a paragraph, you start the quote with a quotation mark every line but don't close until the quote's over."For example the quote starts here and continues on and on etc"And the quote keeps continuing into the next paragraph but now it's over.""If it's the end of the entire sentence, always punctuate inside of the quote."...Show more
Darrin Hixenbaugh: You shouldn't use a period there. The correct usage is: "Of course not," she said.Note that the comma goes before the quotation mark.
Ollie Desalvo: It would be: "Of course not," she answered. And you do need to start a new line after every sentence in a conversation. Indenting depends on the purpose of what you've written. It varies for books! , newspapers, term papers, ect.If you want a good reference for writing, I suggest The Elements of Style by Strunk & White and A Writer's Reference by Hacker....Show more
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