Thread:Darkcloud1111/@comment-15108745-20130831202654/@comment-11481298-20130901134328

Darkcloud1111 wrote:

Generally the only time that I know of that you are allowed to use punctuation outside the quotation marks is when you are asking a question about a quote that isn't a question.

Example: Did he say "We'll fight to the finish"? There are other instances, I think, like when the punctuation mark isn't part of the quoted material. As in: ''Ruby said something about "No more awkward small talk". (Using a line from the show because I can't think of one right now.) The whole quote is "No more awkward small talk or getting-to-know-you' stuff." Since we only have part of that, the period stays outside.

At least, that how I understood it. I don't use those rules and just happened to have read about them. :/