Hi Janet,<br><br>&quot;Why Me?&quot; seems like a non-essential appositive to me. I&#39;d certainly be inclined to insert a comma after it. Since many American style guides prefer that commas be placed inside quotation marks, it would read like this:<br>

<br>In answering the title&#39;s question, &quot;Why Me?,&quot; the author....<br><br>In fact, Chicago Style recently dealt with this situation.<br><br>From <a href="http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/new/new_questions01.html">http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/new/new_questions01.html</a> :<br>

<br><p class="Q"><span class="Q_label">Q.</span> When the appositive rule (commas setting off a nonrestrictive appositive) bumps up against the rule that says a question
   mark shouldn’t be directly followed by a comma, which rule prevails? Here’s the
   sentence: The album’s first single “Do You Realize??” features
   a lush arrangement.  Is it better to set off “Do You Realize??” with commas? Leave
   out the commas? Recast the sentence (which is what I wound up doing)? Thanks for your thoughts.
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<p class="A"><span class="Q_label">A.</span> The sixteenth edition of <i>CMOS</i> recommends using a comma even after a question mark if it would normally be required (6.119). End of dilemma: The album’s
   first single, “Do You Realize??,” features a lush arrangement. Of course, if you
   find that punctuation clump ugly, you’re free to recast the sentence.
</p>John<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Castilleja, Janet <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/SCRIPTS/WA.EXE?LOGON=A3%3Dind1009%26L%3DATEG%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D817464%26B%3D--0015175cd6aa1793630490643027%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Dwindows-1252%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">










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<p class="MsoNormal">Our school librarian asked me o look at this sentence. 
‘In answering the title’s question, “Why Me?”  the
author….’</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">He wanted to if In a sentence like this, he could put a
comma after the title and if so, where.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">I feel like it needs a comma but I don’t want to put
one in. What do you folks think?</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Janet</p>

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