Comma
Hello,
I've got a problem with putting a comma in a sentence which quotes some words, e.g.
"The baby said new words, such as 'dad' and 'ball', which made his parents very happy"
I'm referring to the second comma. Should it be inside the quote or outside? Is there any rule for it?
Thank you
Top answer
Hotmale The baby said new words, such as 'dad' and 'ball', which made his parents very happy . Correct. The basic principle is this: The punctuation mark goes outside the quotation marks unless it is part of the quoted material.
- Hotmale The baby said new words, such as 'dad' and 'ball', which made his parents very happy .
- Correct.
- The basic principle is this: The punctuation mark goes outside the quotation marks unless it is part of the quoted material.
- The word that you're quoting is 'ball'.
- The baby said 'ball', not 'ball,'.
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HotmaleThe baby said new words, such as 'dad' and 'ball', which made his parents very happy.
Correct.
The basic principle is this: The punctuation mark goes outside the quotation marks unless it is part of the quoted material.
The word that you're quoting is 'ball'. The baby said 'ball', not 'ball,'.
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