I know I should know this, but…
does it go
(Inside.)
or
(Outside).
It goes on the outside (at least that’s what I recall).
“However,” says my Grade 8 teacher, “the period goes inside quotes.”
(Unless the entire sentence is inside the parentheses, in which case the period goes inside.)
Depends on the context.
On the outside if the parenthetical expression is only part of the overall sentence (like this).
(On the inside if the parenthetical expression is a full sentence on its own.)
(This is a full sentence written as a parenthetic comment.)
This, on the other hand, is a sentence which includes a parenthetic remark (this is that remark).
Clear?
This one’s a matter of style, and tends to depend on your locality - the British usage places a full stop (or comma) inside the quotes only if it is present in that which is being quoted, and outside if not.
Exactly! . . . I think.
What about “so called” references? Like:
She really likes to hang out with her new “friends”.
- or -
She really likes to hang out with her new “friends.”
It makes more sense to me for the period to be outside.
Nature’s Call was narrating speech, and their example is correct as written in all English-speaking countries. The national variations that GorillaMan refers to only apply to quoting written material. When a quote is tagged with “said” or equivalent, the period (or comma, or exclamation point, or question mark, etc.) always goes to the left of the quotemark.
*** Ponder
Most of the style guides that I use suggest a single quote mark with punctuation outside.
ETAdd an example