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 > [log in to unmask] > 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? > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/