Logical quotations

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The term "logical quotations" refers to the style of quotation marks which puts the punctuation mark inside the quotation marks only if the sense of the punctuation mark is part of the quotation.^[1] In logical quotations, a comma is placed outside the quotation marks, unless the comma was contained within the original quoted remark or text; the logical style is: "gold", "silver" & "bronze", with commas to the outside. The exception is for commas in the original text:

He said that R/G/B means "Red, Green, Blue".

Typically, the ending period of a sentence is placed outside the quotation marks. When quoting a full sentence, the punctuation then is placed inside the quotation marks:

"To err is human," she said, "to forgive, divine."

However, when individual partial phrases are quoted, the punctuation should be placed outside the quotation marks; as in computer programming, the logical style is: "Java", "Perl", "FORTRAN", and "Ada 95" are computer language names.