Anonymous  +  762694 Wed, 03 Jun 09 02:15 AM When using quotation marks with a person's nickname, is it proper to place a following comma outside the quotation marks?   For instance: "The guys at the bar were all regulars, but the Nichols triplets - "Chuck", "Pete", and "Skinny" - had seniority over everyone else."     Anonymous Commas, Punctuation, Quotation Marks

	Grammar Geek  +  762744 Wed, 03 Jun 09 02:45 AM In the US, they go inside. In the UK, they go outside. But I would not use quotation marks around those names. There's no reason to.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,506 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Punctuation, Quotation Marks