Yes,
Use commas to separate items in a list of three or more.Use commas to separate independent clauses when they are joined by conjunctions.Use a comma to separate a dependent clause from an independent clause.Use a comma to separate any word or phrase from the rest of the sentence that is not essential to the sentence's meaning, or that provides extra information about the subject.Use a comma to separate quotations from the rest of the sentence. (trailing commas appear inside quotation marks)Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.Use a comma to separate the names of a city from the name of a state.Use a comma to separate the day of the week, from the day of the month, and the year.
This statement is true.
Comma's are the hardest punctuation mark to place in a sentence. A comma can be placed after instead at the beginning of a sentence if the sentence is a continuation of the subject in the one before it.
The answer to this depends on the rest of the sentence. An easy way to work this out is to imagine a new sentence with 'January 8 1947' replaced by the word 'Monday'. If the new sentence reads better with a comma after Monday, then put one after '1947' in the original. If not, don't.
With atypical frankness this student admits plagiarising this sentence off the internet.
Yes, a sentence with a quoted statement can have a comma outside the quotation marks if the comma is not part of the original quoted material. For example: She said, "I will be there tomorrow."
No, a quotation should be closed with a punctuation mark such as a period, question mark, or exclamation point, depending on the context of the sentence. A comma should not be used to close a quotation.
The comma goes before the closing quotation mark when it's part of the title of an article within a sentence, as in "The New York Times," reported on the topic.
An original statement that has quotation marks can also have comas. Here is an example. The new president of the United States of America says the most stupid things, such as, "We could hire more cattle guards and pay them more", because he fails to understand the most rudimentary of things in the US culture and history. The cattle guard was the metal grates in the road. He embarrassed himself when he said that statement because he did not realize "cattle guards" are not humans who keep cattle from roaming onto the freeways, highways, and roadways. Did you notice that commas were used with the first set of quotation marks? The next set of quotation marks did not have commas because the words were not used in a new idea or phrase or topic within a sentence. If you do not understand the use of the commas and quotations you are welcome to print out my husband's original statement. He really did say all that to me so I know it is an original statement. Take the print out and discuss it with your teacher.
In American English punctuation rules, a comma typically comes before the closing quotation mark when the comma is part of the overall sentence. In British English, the comma comes after the closing quotation mark.
No, the quotation marks go after the comma or period.
The comma typically goes before the closing quotation mark when something in quotes is within a sentence. For example: She said, "I will be there soon."
Return to sender does not require quotation marks or a comma.
Words within a sentence, after a comma or semi-colon, are not capitalized, except where the direct quote (quotation marks) is used, or for a proper name.
I'm assuming that you are referring to the comma that would usually occur after the quotation if the sentence was continued, such as, "'Did you have lunch today?' his mother inquired." In that case, the answer is no: the question mark will suffice. If you were referring to a comma that would come before the question, though, as in, "His mother inquired, 'Did you have lunch today?'", the answer is yes, because standard grammatical rules for any sentence apply. As a side note, thank-you for saying 'quotation' instead of 'quote'!
In American English, an exclamation point should be placed inside quotation marks, followed by a comma if necessary: He shouted, "Stop!" In British English, the exclamation point would be placed outside of the quotation marks: He shouted, "Stop"!
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