http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#950738Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:44:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:950738Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#950738http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-950738.xmlAs a high school English teacher I would use a semi-colon as technically they are all separate sentences except for the &quot;Performance is improving.&quot; The other way you could go is to say Mary&#39;s teachers said, &quot;She is always prepared, hardworking, well-behaved, and her performance is improving.&quot;http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#721111Fri, 08 May 2009 07:44:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:721111Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#721111http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-721111.xmlWhile we&#39;re on it, you should know that commas only “almost always go inside quotation marks” in America. See: Wikipedia.org - Quotation Mark - Punctuationhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#697967Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:54:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:697967Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#697967http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-697967.xmlCommas almost always go inside quotation marks. In other news, apostrophes are used for possessive nouns. &quot;Commas&quot; is correct. &quot;Comma&#39;s&quot; is not, unless you&#39;re referring to something that belongs to that comma. I realize that this post is five years too late, but for all those people who Google commas and quotations marks together, this post might help someone somehow.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#463989Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:07:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:463989Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#463989http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-463989.xmlNevermind where the commas go, where do the apostophes go? Here 'commas' is a plural noun and therefore does not need an apostrophe!http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#37469Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:07:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:37469anon14http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htm#37469http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-37469.xmlI am not positive, but I would put the commas on the inside. Here are some reference articles to guide you. Quotation Marks Quotation Marks 2 Guide to Grammar and Style I hope that helps.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htmWed, 25 Mar 2009 02:07:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:37449Guest5http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommasAndQuotationMarks/hkjp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-37449.xmlMy job requires that I write reports on school students, which sometimes includes quotations from teachers. My question is, where do the comma's go when I have a list of quotes from different individuals (teachers), all about the same student and all within the same sentence? Perhaps I shouldn't even be using a comma? Maybe I shouldn't be using anything, I don't know? That's why I'm writing you and why you get the big bucks...right? ; ) I'll provide two examples for your consideration. In this first example I'll put the comma's outside the quotation marks. ...and her teachers made the following comments about Mary: "She always come to class prepared", "She is a hardworking student", "Performance is improving", and "Mary is a...