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Re: A simple question?
From:
Reinhold Schlieper <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:45:54 -0400
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Some handbook somewhere and somewhen mentioned that the "period and
comma always inside" rule is an American typesetters' convention.  I
have seen it frequently transgressed against in Australian and British
text.  And I know that German doesn't abide by it at all.

==Reinhold


"Glauner, Jeff" wrote:
>
> 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
> Park University, Box 1303
> 8700 River Park Drive
> Parkville MO 64152
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> http://www.park.edu/jglauner/index.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rabinowitz, Jennifer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 2:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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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