How To Use Commas After Quotes

Strunk white gives this example.

How to use commas after quotes. You can use single inverted commas or double quotation marks to punctuate the quotation. Do you agree with the saying all s fair in love and war. There was a storm last night paul said. The question do you agree with the saying. She asked will you still be my friend the question will you still be my friend.

1 there are no ifs ands or buts about it. Sentence ending punctuation is a whole different story. If a question is within the quoted material a question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks. Just make sure you stick to the same punctuation mark and don t swap between the two. The gang remarked lola s candidate is a sure bet lola replied he s not my candidate.

We should study the report on discrimination in the workplace which was written by the personnel office. 2 he said yes and she said no colons and semicolons always follow closing quotation marks of quoted material. The period at the end of the sentence goes inside the quotation marks. Commas or periods always precede closing quotation marks of quoted material. Comma goes inside you when the context calls for a comma at the end of material enclosed in quotation marks the comma should be placed inside the quotation marks.

Is part of the quotation. Is outside the quotation.