Using Quotation Marks

In English, quotation marks "..." are used to show what a person has said.

The man said, "Let's go to a restaurant."

The man is speaking. Let's go to a restaurant is what he says.

Notice two things: There is a comma (,) before the quote, and the quoted sentence begins with a capital letter.

George yelled, "Get out of here!
"Susie cried, "Where did she go?"

If the quotation comes first, we use a comma (,) at the end of the quote instead of a period (.).

"Let's go home," said Alex.

But for other punctuation, use what you would normally use.

"Where is my book?" asked Joe.
"I hate you!" cried Sally.