I know when you put quotes you have to put the ending punctuation inside the quotes, but I was just wondering if it's still the same when you're listing something that has quotes in it. Like would it be The Giving Tree, Define "Normal", and How I Live Now or would it be .... "Normal," ....
I'm assuming it's the last one, but it looks funny to me so I'm not sure.
2007-01-05 20:02:53 · 3 answers · asked by gir_soad 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Actually, all commas and periods go INSIDE the quotation.
Whenever you use an exclamation mark or a question mark in a quote that ends a sentence, you place the mark logically...ie if its part of the quote you place it WITHIN the quotation, but if its part of the sentence itself you place it outside of it.
ALL commas and periods are placed WITHIN quotations however.
(commas may be different for British English however.. see source below)
2007-01-05 20:14:24 · answer #1 · answered by Will R. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the comma isn't a part of the quote, you don't put it in quotation marks. The first example with the comma outside of quotes is the correct one.
2007-01-05 20:08:56 · answer #2 · answered by bnr_conspiracies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the former is correct.
The giving tree, Define "Normal", and how I live now...
2007-01-05 20:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by ravish2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋