I'm writing a document using the Chicago Manual of Style. I don't have access to the full guide, only to what's provided on-line.
Now I wondering as to whether, in the main text itself, I should use the punctuation-quote or quote-punctuation sequence. For example:

"Blabla," more blabla.

and

"Babla." More blabla.

or

"Blabla", more blabla.

and

"Blabla". More blabla.

Also, does adding a footnote change anything to the sequence?

"Blabla,"² more blabla.

and

"Blabla",² more blabla.

The Chicago Manual of Style proposes, when citing sources in footnotes with regard to articles or parts of books, to use:

Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 440.

As you can see the comma is within the quote. I am ready to accept this for a title, but in a sentence of the main text, it looks odd to me.

What is your opinion in this regard?

---

(1)

Login to post a comment!