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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Not sure how to punctuate this

I'm not sure how to punctuate this. Is the comma after "What?" correct?

...And at first he was like, "What?", but then he smiled.


  

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" correct? No. Two punctuation marks in a row should be avoided unless one of them is a quotation mark.

— CalifJim

  • " correct?
  • No.
  • Two punctuation marks in a row should be avoided unless one of them is a quotation mark.
  • In your specific example the question mark serves as both question mark and comma.
  • CJ
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anonymousIs the comma after "What?" correct?

No. Two punctuation marks in a row should be avoided unless one of them is a quotation mark.

In your specific example the question mark serves as both question mark and comma.

CJ

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