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Tamguatlay Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is a comma needed after “subject’?

I would like to give a lecture on the subject, “How to be Successful in life”.

Is a comma needed after “subject’?

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I'd use the colon. I would like to give a lecture on the subject: “How To Be Successful in Life”.

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  • I'd use the colon.
  • I would like to give a lecture on the subject: “How To Be Successful in Life”.
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I'd use the colon.

I would like to give a lecture on the subject: “How To Be Successful in Life”.
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tamguatlayIs a comma needed after “subject’?
No, because what follows is restrictive. I wouldn’t use a colon, either, and unless I was referring to a chapter in a book or something, I wouldn’t capitalize the words within the quotes.

I would like to give a lecture on the subject “how to be successful in life”.

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