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: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#581190Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:40:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:581190Grammar Geek0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#581190http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-581190.xmlIn the US, the comma always always always goes inside the quotation mark. In this case, I believe even in the UK it would go inside the quoatation mark because if it were written out without the intervening &quot;he explained&quot; it would have a comma there anyway.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#581117Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:40:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:581117Eimai_Anglos1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#581117http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-581117.xmlActually, I don&#39;t like the look of that. I prefer: &quot;It is a treatment that slows cell destruction&quot;, he explained, &quot;but, as Jenny knows, there can be unpleasant side effects.&quot;http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#581115Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:40:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:581115Eimai_Anglos2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#581115http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-581115.xmlI always get messed up with putting them before but&#39;s. You can&#39;t put an apostrophe + s with &quot;but&quot;. &quot;It is a treatment (?) that slows cell destruction,&quot; he explained, &quot;but as Jenny knows (?) there can be unpleasant side effects.&quot;  &quot;It is a treatment that slows cell destruction&quot; he explained &quot;but, as Jenny knows, there can be unpleasant side effects.&quot;http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#581050Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:40:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:581050Blue-eyed Smiler3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#581050http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-581050.xmlI am a full member. Yahoo!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#580747Sun, 24 May 2009 08:40:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:580747Grammar Geek4http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htm#580747http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-580747.xmlHi Blue-eyed Smiler, It is a treatment that slows cell destruction,&quot; he explained, &quot;but as Jenny knows , there can be unpleasant side effects.&quot; Your comma after &quot;explained&quot; is right, and one belongs after &quot;knows.&quot; There&#39;s no reason to put one after &quot;treatment&quot; because what follows is essential. When you set things off with a comma before and after, you are saying that it&#39;s non-essential information that simply provides more information.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htmSat, 24 Jan 2009 09:40:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:580732Blue-eyed Smiler5http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaBeforeBut/gqdhm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-580732.xmlWhat commas do I need to put here? I always get messed up with putting them before but&#39;s. &quot;It is a treatment (?) that slows cell destruction,&quot; he explained, &quot;but as Jenny knows (?) there can be unpleasant side effects.&quot;