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Tamguatlay Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Should the comma be inside the closing inverted commas instead?

My friend said, "Just be patient. Your turn will come after I have been queueing for an hour for the concert tickets", forgetting there was a limit to one's patience.

Shouldn't the comma after "tickets" be inside the closing inverted commas instead, in British English ?

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Here is the link that may help clear any doubt.

The most common question people ask about quotation marks is whether periods and commas go inside or outside, and the answer depends on where your audience lives because in American English we always put periods and commas inside quotation marks, but in British English periods and commas can go inside or outsi

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No. It is needed in the sentence as a whole, not in the quoted words.

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