me first if it applies to the quotation; last, if it applies to
the main sentence.=

Wrong: He shouted but one command, "Give them the bayonet"!

Right: He shouted but one command, "Give them the bayonet!"

Wrong: Did Savonarola say, "I recant?"

Right: Did Savonarola say, "I recant"?

Note.--Regarding the position of a comma, semicolon, or period at the
end of a quotation, usage differs. Printers ordinarily place commas and
periods inside the quotation marks, and semicolons outside, from
considerations of spacing. But logic, not spacing, should determine the
order, and all three marks should be treated alike. They should be
placed within the quotation marks if they were a part of the original
quotation; otherwise outside. In quoting manuscript, the quotation marks
should enclose exactly what is in the original. In quoting oral
discourse, a certain liberty is necessarily allowed.

Correct: He said calmly, "It is I."

Also correct, but not commonly used: He said calmly, "It is I".

Correct, and in common use, but slightly illogical: He began,
"Our Father which art in heaven." [The period should follow the
quotation mark, since there is no period in the original
quotation.]

Correct, and in common use, but slightly illogical: Can you
tell me the difference between "apt," "likely," and "liable";
between "noted" and "notorious"?

Also correct: Can you tell me the difference between "apt",
"likely", and "liable"; between "noted" and "notorious"?

=h. When a quotation is interrupted by such an expression as _he said,_=

=1. An extra set of quotation marks is employed, and the interpolated
words are normally set off by commas.=

Wrong: "I rise said he to second the motion."

Right: "I rise," said he, "to second the motion."

=2. A question mark or exclamation point should precede the interpolated
expression if it would be used were the expression omitted.=

Right: "'May I go?'" complained father, "is all that boy can
ask."

Right: "Merciful heavens!" he cried, "we are lost."

=3. The expression should be followed by a semicolon if the semicolon
would follow the preceding words in case the expression were omitted.=

Right: "I admit it", he said; "it is true."

=4. Neither the expression nor the words following it should begin with a
capital.=

Wrong: "We must be quiet", Said the old man, "If we