quotation marks, with commas and periods

Commas and periods go inside the quotation marks. [This SB was previously covered in the 6/1/2008 and 5/25/2008 editions.]

“I eat like a pig,” Joey Chestnut said. Not “I eat like a pig”, Joey Chestnut said.

Joey Chestnut said, “I eat like a pig.” Not Joey Chestnut said, “I eat like a pig”.

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