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Re: A simple question?
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"Paul E. Doniger" <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Jul 2001 18:09:02 -0400
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All this is good information, but there is one more warning. MLA requires
the titles of works of art (painting, sculpture, etc.) to be underlined or
placed in italics, not in quotation marks. This particular example wasn't a
good one. What Jeff says, however, is correct for things like the titlea of
single poems (not a book length poem, however), for example.

Paul E. Doniger

----- Original Message -----
From: Glauner, Jeff <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: A simple question?


> 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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