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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Commas with Short Story Titles
I have a short story title at the end of a subordinate clause:
'In the first few pages of "Silver Blaze", he makes a jump...'
My teacher tells me to switch the quotations and the comma so it would be:
'In the first few pages of "Silver Blaze," he makes a jump...'
But that looks wrong, as if the comma is now part of the title. Can anyone tell me which is right?
'In the first few pages of "Silver Blaze", he makes a jump...'
My teacher tells me to switch the quotations and the comma so it would be:
'In the first few pages of "Silver Blaze," he makes a jump...'
But that looks wrong, as if the comma is now part of the title. Can anyone tell me which is right?
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I agree with your logic (and I follow it, actually), but unfortunately most style guides insist that the comma go inside the quotation marks.
- I agree with your logic (and I follow it, actually), but unfortunately most style guides insist that the comma go inside the quotation marks.
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I agree with your logic (and I follow it, actually), but unfortunately most style guides insist that the comma go inside the quotation marks.
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AnonymousI have a short story title at the end of a subordinate clause: 'In the first few pages of "Silver Blaze", he makes a jump...'My teacher tells me to switch the quotations and the comma so it would be: 'In the first few pages of "Silver Blaze," he makes a jump...'But that looks wrong, as if the comma is now part of the title. Can anyone tell me which is right?
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