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&lt;font color=red&gt;DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here.  Post them in our &lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3616.28671)</generator><item><title>Re: Proper use of quotation marks and commas</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ProperQuotationMarksCommas/jcvbg/post.htm#762744</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:45:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:762744</guid><dc:creator>Grammar Geek</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ProperQuotationMarksCommas/jcvbg/post.htm#762744</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-762744.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>In the US, they go inside. In the UK, they go outside. But I would not use quotation marks around those names. There&amp;#39;s no reason to.</description></item><item><title>Proper use of quotation marks and commas</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ProperQuotationMarksCommas/jcvbg/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:15:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:762694</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ProperQuotationMarksCommas/jcvbg/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-762694.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>When using quotation marks with a person&amp;#39;s nickname, is it proper to place a following comma outside the quotation marks? 
  
 For instance: &amp;quot;The guys at the bar were all regulars, but the Nichols triplets - &amp;quot;Chuck&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Pete&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;Skinny&amp;quot; - had seniority over everyone else.&amp;quot;</description></item></channel></rss>