Some style guides disagree on this point, but the MLA (Modern Language
Association) style guide places commas inside quotation marks.

One problem in your sentence, however, is that quotation marks that occur
within other quotation marks are single instead of double symbols:  "The
sculpture, 'The Discus Thrower,' was beautiful to behold."

I'll leave the question that might arise of whether the name of an artwork
should be in italics or enclosed in quotation marks for another day.

Jeff Glauner
Associate Professor of English
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Parkville MO 64152
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rabinowitz, Jennifer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 2:43 PM
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Subject: A simple question?


Hello one and all,

I have a question.  Is the placement of commas inside the quotation marks
correct in this sentence:  "The sculpture,"Discus Thrower," was beautiful to
behold."  That is, are commas always inside quotations?

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