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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

subordinate clause containing quote within a quote

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I look forward to a speedy response,


My question is that if you have a subordinate clause containing a quote within a quote follwed by an independent clause where does the comma go? (,'" '," '",)


The normal sentence pattern for this is:


subordinate clause, independent clause.


but the quote with a quote problem confuses me.
  

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Could you give us an example? I conceptualize poorly.
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Although Maria said, "I heard Bob said, 'I don't like him'," I wasn't sure if I should believe her.


I am talking about the comma after hi
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what was the answer to this?
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Sorry, Anon-- we ended up having a lengthy email discussion about this. My opinion is that, according to the rules, commas go inside. Therefore, the comma is innermost:

Although Maria said, "I heard Bob said, 'I don't like him,' " I wasn't sure if I should believe her.

This kind of expression appears in conversation (where comma placement is not a problem), but I
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I was writing a paper to teach any and all students the ultimate quote within a quote within a quote, and this is what I came up with. Speach marks should have double commas and quotes should have singles. Somewhere in there I suppose I should have underlined something but didn't.

"Did she say," asked the professor, "that the lecturer commented, 'She did n
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