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Londonderry Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Interrupted Quotation

In the examples below, would you place the comma inside or outside the introductory quotations? I put them outside. What is your preference?

"That", Mike said, "is disgusting."
"I", she said, " am confident about winning."

Thanks again.
  

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In the US, the comma must be inside the quotation marks. "

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In the US, the comma must be inside the quotation marks.

"That," Mike said, "is disgusting."

"I," she said, "am confident about winning."
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I think UK does it the other way, no?
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