Authors who have eschewed quotation marks include E.L. Doctorow, David Guterson, Charles Frazier, Nadine Gordimer, Kate Grenville, William Gaddis and (sometimes) Raymond Carver.

Do not place in quotation marks: names of newspapers, magazines, central texts of a religion (Bible, Koran), dictionaries, handbooks and reference books. Names of concertos, operas, overtures, sonatas ...

Rules for Placement of Puncuation Marks with Quotations Periods and commas are always placed inside quotation marks. Ex: In "The Lottery," Tessie Hutchinson protests, "It isn't fair." Exception: In ...