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Tamguatlay Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is the comma optional?

The theme of the camp was "Madagascar"(,) named after the famous Pixar movie.

Is the comma optional? Thanks.
  

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Is the comma optional? Thanks. No, and some editors require the comma to be inside the closing quotation mark.

— Mister Micawber

  • Is the comma optional?
  • Thanks.
  • No, and some editors require the comma to be inside the closing quotation mark.
  • Notice that I have deleted 'named', which is not appropriate there.
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tamguatlayThe theme of the camp was "Madagascar"(,) after the famous Pixar movie.Is the comma optional? Thanks.
No, and some editors require the comma to be inside the closing quotation mark. Notice that I have deleted 'named', which is not appropriate there.
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