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Sat, 09 Apr 05 10:27 PM
what is the correct way to say the following:
I enjoyed "Book Title One", "Essay Two" and "Move Three"!
I can't remember if titles are underlined or not. And not sure where to place the [,] before or after the ["].
Thanks in advance.
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abbie1948
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Mon, 11 Apr 05 02:32 PM
It is not necessary to underline titles.
In this context, the comma [,] is placed outside the inverted commas ["].
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Hope that helps. Abbie
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pieanne
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Mon, 11 Apr 05 05:03 PM
Or you can use italics...
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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...
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Skater
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Mon, 11 Apr 05 05:59 PM
Abbie1948 is stating the British rule. In standard American usage, you would put the comma inside the quotation marks -- ["] = "inverted commas" in British usage.
The American rule has no logic to it -- it was simply adopted (long ago and indisputably) as a printer's convention because it looked better than [",].
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