Which way is correct?
"What's the matter", he asked.
or
"What's the matter," he asked.
THANKS!
2007-12-19 07:56:45 · 30 answers · asked by danny 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
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2007-12-19 08:16:45 · update #1
If you're American, it should be:
"What's the matter?" he asked.
It should be a question mark, since he's asking a question! But if you want to retain the comma, keep it on the INSIDE of the quotation marks!
2007-12-19 07:59:05 · answer #1 · answered by luxurywatchery 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Unless "What's the matter" is leading into another sentence, there should be a question mark between 'matter' and the end quotation, thus neither way is correct.
But in any situation, punctuation marks belong inside of the end quotation, making your second example correct.
Hope that helped!
2007-12-19 08:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by Larissa 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The second one
2007-12-19 07:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The second one is correct. For a second I didnt see the difference
2007-12-19 08:01:50 · answer #4 · answered by ひいらぎ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Occasionally, a question mark or exclamation mark is placed after a quotation mark, but NEVER a period or comma.
Also, neither of your examples is correct.
It should be: "What's the matter?" he asked.
2007-12-19 10:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Technically, it would be:
"What's the matter?" he asked.
But the punctuation goes INSIDE the quotation marks, so the second one is more correct.
2007-12-19 08:04:49 · answer #6 · answered by CaptDare 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The SECOND option is the American style. The first is British. So it would be...
"What's the matter," he asked.
2007-12-19 08:01:09 · answer #7 · answered by mariatherese 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course is the Second one! The , always goes inside the " like a ? in "What?" goes inside the " Its the second one allright.
2007-12-19 08:01:57 · answer #8 · answered by victor y 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends. If u wanna repeat the same sentence use the first one then the second one. lol
2007-12-19 08:00:30 · answer #9 · answered by rckbgy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The second one!!
2007-12-19 07:58:32 · answer #10 · answered by thelivingroomtornado 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋