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Qoutation Marks with commas

Hello There , I recently join this form. I have very weak english please help me out My first question is about Quotation marks and comma inbetween them.Would u please correct me on the following sentences ? 1- Her short story, "The Last Day of Spring", won first prize. 2- "Some...

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Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

The whole situation is very confusing, and yes, in the office, we try to rewrite it to avoid the question mark/comma/quotation composition. But there has to be an answer. Being raised with the "comma always goes on the inside on a quotation mark," putting one outside looks jarring. ...

Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

The whole situation is very confusing, and yes, in the office, we try to rewrite it to avoid the question mark/comma/quotation composition. But there has to be an answer. Being raised with the "comma always goes on the inside on a quotation mark," putting one outside looks jarring. ...

Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

I just looked this up in the AP Stylebook. Their style is to omit the comma if the quoated material ends with a ! or ? I'm not sure that this entirely logical, and U.S. style, despite being illogical, is so firmly fixed with the comma inside the quote that I can't advocate for putting it...

Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

I guess I'm inclined to treat the punctuation as just another character. I'm even more inclined to adopt the BrE method, at which point the whole question becomes moot.Thus, using the BrE method,"Oklahoma!", the classic musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, will...No muss, no fuss.

Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

If you're writing informally for yourself and friends, use your own judgment.If you're writing for a specific publication, use the style manual they recommend.Often the answer is different depending on where your article is published. My personal preference is ... musical...

Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

Hi Ray, Thanks for your help, however, I was wondering if there should be a comma when you have the title of a play (or book, or movie, etc.) with punctuation (like a question mark of exclamation mark) as part of the actual title. If I wanted to say - "Oklahoma!" the classic musical...

Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

Please note that American English likes to place the final punctuation mark inside a title or quotation, even though it doesn't form part of it.The British regard this practice as illogical.AmE: He's always wanted to read "Moby Dick," "Oliver Twist" and...

The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

My colleague and I have been wondering about this for a while...If you're referring to a title with a question mark or exclamation mark, which typically requires quotation marks around it, should you use a comma along with exclamation mark and quotation mark when continuing the sentence? ...