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Antonija Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Punctuation

Can you please help me with this?

1. Should I put comma inside or outside the quotation marks?

2. Do initials have to have fullstops like in my example?

"If my wife told me to dust, I'd throw the cleaning rag through the window", a certain D.P. (1952) boasted,
  

Top answer

1. Outside because the quote didn't contain the (ending) comma to begin with. 2.

  • 1.
  • Outside because the quote didn't contain the (ending) comma to begin with.
  • 2.
  • Yes, usually.
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1. Outside because the quote didn't contain the (ending) comma to begin with.

2. Yes, usually.

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