{"id":12496,"date":"2021-05-04T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=12496"},"modified":"2023-04-10T13:19:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:19:59","slug":"comma-after-a-quotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-a-quotation\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma after a Quotation \u2014 A Comprehensive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people think that the punctuation system requires esoteric knowledge to be fully mastered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, that might be the case if we think of it from a pedantic perspective, that the written language ought to be governed by &ldquo;rigid&rdquo; rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinking ths way may discourage people from writing, which should not be the case because punctuation marks only have one job&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that&rsquo;s to disambiguate a text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today&rsquo;s post, you&rsquo;ll get the hang of how to properly use a comma after a quotation. Hope you&rsquo;ll stick with me &lsquo;til the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n[toc]\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Should we put a comma after a quotation?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>As a general rule, in British English (BrE), the convention is to place the comma after the closing quotation mark, but the comma comes before it in American English (AmE). That said, a comma after a quotation, be it before or after the closing quotation mark, is only necessary when the quotation is followed by an indirect or nonrestrictive remark, when the quote is split halfway, or when the quote appears either in a compound or reversed-order complex sentence structure, notwithstanding the English variant used.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><\/b><b>Commas &amp; the closing quotation mark: American vs. British English&nbsp;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written grammatical conventions develop through time simply because we want to make texts more readable, as well as teachable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, unlike <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/d\/did\/did2222.0001.690\/--absolute-monarchy?rgn=main;view=fulltext;q1=Government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>absolute monarchy<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, there isn&rsquo;t a single prince nor princess that governs how a certain language needs to be used. Not even in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that it is natural for similarities and differences to exist among varieties of English, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-use-in-which-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>in which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the most prominent ones are the American and British ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punctuation conventions are overarching between AmE and BrE, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-and\/\"><b>and<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one major distinction is shown by how each English variant uses commas with quotation marks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American English mainly uses the comma before the closing quotation mark, whereas the comma either goes before or after it in British English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In British English, unless the comma is originally a part of the original quoted text, it goes after the quotation mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suzy: I want to go skiing because it&rsquo;s fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AmE: &ldquo;I want to go skiing,&rdquo; Suzy said, &ldquo;because it&rsquo;s fun.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrE: &ldquo;I want to go skiing&rdquo;, Suzy said, &ldquo;because it&rsquo;s fun.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-apparently\/\"><b>Apparently<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enough, these punctuation conventions also extend to other countries, such that AmE rules predominate in Canada and BrE in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-regardless\/\"><b>Regardless<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the differences, the syntactic patterns that govern the comma usage are pretty much the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, here are the cases in which a comma is expected to be used with the closing punctuation mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma usage after quotation: Examples<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We mainly use double quotation marks when representing a direct speech expressed by another person <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-either\/\"><b>either<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> textually or orally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quotation marks indicate that the elements written within are indirect parts of the complete sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The comma usage together with the closing quotation mark depends, again, on the English variant known to the writer, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-as-well-as\/\"><b>as well as<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the authorities to which the text will be submitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/bare-in-mind-vs-bear-in-mind\/\"><b>Bear in mind<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the comma appears before the closing quotation mark in American English, but it goes afterward in British English, generally speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, while American English is keen on the use of double quotation marks as a default, British English makes use of both single and double quotation marks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also known as inverted commas, single and double quotation marks can be conveniently chosen when adhering to British English writing style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that using either single or double quotation marks when quoting texts and speeches in British English style is widely accepted as long as consistency is observed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the double quotation marks are mostly reserved for writing quotes within quotes, particularly for the quote that appears &ldquo;inside&rdquo; another quote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let us look at the instances in which a comma is necessarily placed together with quotation marks in both American and British English variants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When the quote is followed by an indirect or reported remark<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can represent the exact words expressed by another person through the use of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">direct or quoted speech followed by an indirect remark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The comma essentially goes with the closing quotation mark when the quoted speech is followed by the remark that aims to report the previous speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we wish to write in a sentence format, a comma goes with the closing quotation mark if the quote is followed by a remark that aims to report the direct speech.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These remarks typically include a person&rsquo;s name and a verb such as &ldquo;Alex said&rdquo; or &ldquo;said Alex,&rdquo; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-which\/\"><b>which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> may also include an adverb like in &ldquo;Alex said hesitantly.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A direct speech may or may not be a complete sentence, but it always needs to start with a capital letter if it comes in front of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/whether-or-not-vs-whether\/\"><b>Whether or not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the direct speech is a complete sentence, it always needs to be segregated with a comma before the reported or indirect remark comes in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For both American and British English conventions, the comma goes before the closing quotation mark as long as no other quoted information comes after the indirect remark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the default rule when quoting complete sentences rather than fragments, phrases, words, or isolated letters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note again that although single quotation marks are recommended in British English, double quotation marks are also allowed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong>AmE:<\/strong> &ldquo;They must go now,&rdquo; said Carla.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> &lsquo;They must go now,&rsquo; said Carla.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>BrE:<\/strong> &ldquo;They must go now&rdquo;, said Carla.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same punctuation placement rule applies for quoted speeches ending in question and exclamation marks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When the quote is cut off midway<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A direct speech may <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-also-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be cut off halfway, which means we may place the indirect or reported remark in the middle to create some emphasis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should this be the intent, a comma needs to appear after the first part of the quote, followed by the reporting remark, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-then\/\"><b>then<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the latter half of the direct speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, things aren&rsquo;t as easy as they seem because other relevant pieces of grammatical knowledge are necessary for creating these statements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-rules\/\" title=\"comma placement\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">comma placement<\/a>, particularly with the quotation mark, is determined according to default rules in American English, that is, before the closing quotation mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In British English, though, the comma placement is decided according to &ldquo;sense&rdquo; and other grammatical elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, knowledge of the sentence structure and punctuation placement are both necessary in successfully writing interrupted quoted remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is to say, if the comma is originally part of the quoted material, then it has to go before the final quotation mark in British English style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if the comma is not an original part of the quoted material, then it has to go after the final quotation mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example 1:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investigator: She survived the headshot because the bullet did not hit her brain stem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AmE: &ldquo;She survived the headshot,&rdquo; the investigator explained, &ldquo;because the bullet did not hit her brain stem.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrE: &lsquo;She survived the headshot&rsquo;, the investigator explained, &lsquo;because the bullet did not hit her brain stem.&rsquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrE: &ldquo;She survived the headshot&rdquo;, the investigator explained, &ldquo;because the bullet did not hit her brain stem.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example 2:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me: Christine hates raisins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>AmE:<\/strong> &ldquo;Christine,&rdquo; I said, &ldquo;hates raisins.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> &lsquo;Christine&rsquo;, I said, &lsquo;hates raisins.&rsquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> &ldquo;Christine&rdquo;, I said, &ldquo;hates raisins.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if the comma is part of the quoted material, then it goes before the final quotation mark both in American and British English styles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next example is a direct address, hence a comma is essentially placed before the receiver of the message or addressee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In cases like this, the comma is originally part of the text to be quoted, so it also needs to appear before the closing quotation mark, right before the interruptive remark midway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, British and American English styles both agree on the comma placement before the first closing quotation mark in this circumstance, as in the example below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example 3:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me: Julia, don&rsquo;t do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>AmE:<\/i><\/strong> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Julia,&rdquo; I calmly said, &ldquo;don&rsquo;t do that.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> &lsquo;Julia,&rsquo; I calmly said, &lsquo;don&rsquo;t do that.&rsquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> &ldquo;Julia,&rdquo; I calmly said, &ldquo;don&rsquo;t do that.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you may have noticed, the period also comes before the last closing quotation mark in both variants <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-rather\/\"><b>rather<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than before it because it is also used to mark the end of the entire sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first letter of the first word in the initial direct speech needs to be capitalized, but the first letter of the first word in the second half of the direct speech should be written in lower case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A comma should also come after the interruptive indirect remark, which would also automatically precede the opening quotation mark of the succeeding half of the direct speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am well aware that what I&rsquo;ve just said is nothing short of confusing, so here&rsquo;s an example <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-instead\/\"><b>instead<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong>AmE:<\/strong> &ldquo;She survived the headshot,&rdquo; the investigator explained, &ldquo;because the bullet did not hit her brain stem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BrE:<\/strong> &ldquo;She survived the headshot&rdquo;, the investigator explained, &ldquo;because the bullet did not hit her brain stem&rdquo;.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you may have noticed, the period also comes after the closing quotation mark in British English, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-rather\/\"><b>rather<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than before it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When the quote is followed by a nonrestrictive remark, another quote, and then another nonrestrictive remark<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quoted speech may also be followed by a remark which is grammatically dispensable, which is also known as a parenthetical or nonrestrictive expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As syntactical conventions <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/suggest-to-go-vs-suggest-going\/\"><b>suggest<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in most, if not all, English variants, parenthetical remarks are always set off with a comma or commas to mark their removability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With direct quotations, a parenthetical remark can be a comment or opinion towards the quoted speech or to the speaker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-per-se\/\"><b>per se<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can be particularly seen in an interrupted quotation followed by a nonrestrictive or parenthetical remark towards the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, in American English style, the comma conveniently goes before the final quotation mark regardless of whether the quoted speech contains a comma in the original text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, in British English, we have to consider the original quoted material to be able to determine the suggested comma placement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, if no comma is seen in the source or original text, then the comma goes after the closing punctuation mark in British English style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the comma goes inside the quotation marks in the second half of the quote because it marks the end of the quote, as explained in subsection 4.1.1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As this is the case, you can observe that the comma goes after the final quotation mark in the first half of the quote and before the final quotation mark in the second part in the example below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dana: He was really rude yet handsome at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>AmE:<\/strong> Dana said, &ldquo;He was really rude,&rdquo; and sheepishly continued, &ldquo;yet handsome at the same time,&rdquo; which I agreed with.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> Dana said, &lsquo;He was really rude&rsquo;, and sheepishly continued, &lsquo;yet handsome at the same time,&rsquo; which I agreed with.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This case may also be observed in academic papers wherein a researcher uses pseudonyms, which are also generally enclosed with double quotation marks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-list-research-on-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research<\/a><\/strong> writer may need to add further information about the pseudonym for ethical reasons, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/coma-vs-comma\/\"><b>comma<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also appears after the name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This particular type of parenthetical remark is known as an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/appositive-phrases\/\"><b>appositive phrase<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which acts as an adjective to a preceding noun or antecedent.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong>AmE:<\/strong> Participant &ldquo;Victor,&rdquo; a 30-year-old unlicensed embalmer, reported that he &ldquo;has never had enough time and money to get a license.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> Participant &lsquo;Victor&rsquo;, a 30-year-old unlicensed embalmer, reported that he &lsquo;has never had enough time and money to get a license.&rsquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>BrE:<\/strong> Participant &ldquo;Victor&rdquo;, a 30-year-old unlicensed embalmer, reported that he &ldquo;has never had enough time and money to get a license&rdquo;.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In both sentences <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-above-so-below-meaning\/\"><b>above<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the second quoted fragment is not preceded by a comma because it is also part of the entire explanation given.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the quoted speech is a fragment rather than a complete sentence, it does not begin with a capital letter in both English variants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of double quotation marks <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/suggest-i-do-or-suggest-me-to-do\/\"><b>suggests<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the line was directly quoted from the mentioned person, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which can also be replaced with single marks in British English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same comma placement rule is applied when quoting isolated phrases, words, and letters somewhere within the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In American English, the comma simply goes inside the quote or right before the closing quotation mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In British English, the comma is generally placed outside or after the closing quotation mark as it is not necessarily part of the original text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source text: I saw a man with a denim jacket in the alley who looked suspicious.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AmE: There had been a man wearing a &ldquo;denim jacket in the alley,&rdquo; according to the report, who looked &ldquo;suspicious.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrE: There had been a man wearing a &lsquo;denim jacket in the alley&rsquo;, according to the report, who looked &lsquo;suspicious.&rsquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrE: There had been a man wearing a &ldquo;denim jacket in the alley&rdquo;, according to the report, who looked &ldquo;suspicious.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The comma also goes after the closing quotation mark when writing down isolated letters within sentences, per British English convention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>AmE:<\/strong> The letters &ldquo;m,&rdquo; &ldquo;n,&rdquo; &ldquo;o,&rdquo; and &ldquo;p&rdquo; are adjacent to one another.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> The letters &lsquo;m&rsquo;, &lsquo;n&rsquo;, &lsquo;o&rsquo; and &lsquo;p&rsquo; are adjacent to one another.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> The letters &ldquo;m&rdquo;, &ldquo;n&rdquo;, &ldquo;o&rdquo; and &ldquo;p&rdquo; are adjacent to one another.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12532 size-full\" 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https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Comma-after-a-quotation-pin-720x1080.jpeg 720w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When the quote is in a compound sentence<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A compound sentence is composed of two independent clauses tethered together by any of the following coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yet<\/a><\/strong>, so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In compound sentences, we always need to place a comma before the linking conjunction to mark the independence of each clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-therefore\/\"><b>Therefore<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a quoted speech appearing before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence also needs a post-comma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this case, the comma goes before the final quotation in both American and British English styles, just like in the particular example below:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Male: No.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Female: Yes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>AmE:<\/strong> He said, &ldquo;No,&rdquo; but she said, &ldquo;Yes.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> He said, &lsquo;No,&rsquo; but she said, &lsquo;Yes.&rsquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> He said, &ldquo;No,&rdquo; but she said, &ldquo;Yes.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same comma placement rule can be observed when the quote to be reported is a compound sentence that is cut off midway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is applicable to British English because the sentence construction and punctuation rules dictate so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Billy: You can pawn that ring to a pawn shop, or you can pawn it to me in the meantime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AmE: &ldquo;You can pawn that ring to a pawn shop,&rdquo; Billy said, &ldquo;or you can pawn it to me in the meantime,&rdquo; he continued.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrE: &lsquo;You can pawn that ring to a pawn shop,&rsquo; Billy said, &lsquo;or you can pawn it to me in the meantime,&rsquo; he continued.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrE: &ldquo;You can pawn that ring to a pawn shop,&rdquo; Billy said, &ldquo;or you can pawn it to me in the meantime,&rdquo; he continued.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When the quote is in a reversed-order complex sentence<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another syntax-related comma rule suggests placing a comma in an inverted complex sentence structure, which is composed of at least one independent and one <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-subordinate-clauses\/\"><b>dependent clause<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These two clauses are linked by <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/subordinating-conjunctions\/\" title=\"subordinating conjunctions\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">subordinating conjunctions<\/a>, including &ldquo;unless,&rdquo; &ldquo;because,&rdquo; and &ldquo;if.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A complex sentence is ordinarily written in such a way that the independent clause precedes the dependent clause, which should not be separated by a comma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-however\/\"><b>However<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the inverted structure, meaning the dependent clause comes before the independent, has to be split up with a comma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, a quotation placed at the end of the frontal dependent clause also needs a comma afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that the comma goes before the closing quotation mark in American English style and otherwise in British English in the next example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is also driven by the reason that the quoted speech is only a fragment taken from the original text rather than the complete speech itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fragment also happens to be at the end of the first clause in the inverted complex-sentence format, hence the necessary comma placement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Male: I can&rsquo;t live without you at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Female: Then I&rsquo;m staying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>AmE:<\/strong> Because he said he &ldquo;can&rsquo;t live without her,&rdquo; she decided to stay.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> Because he said he &lsquo;can&rsquo;t live without her&rsquo;, she decided to stay.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BrE:<\/strong> Because he said he &ldquo;can&rsquo;t live without her&rdquo;, she decided to stay.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-like\/\"><b>In like manner<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the examples earlier, the quoted speech is also constructed as a part of the entire sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/thus-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>thus<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a comma does not appear before the first word of the verbatim speech, and the first letter should also be in lower case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The incorrect comma usage with the closing quotation mark<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-if\/\"><b>If<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> there are syntactical conventions asserting the necessary comma placement, there are also conditions <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/where-vs-were\/\"><b>where<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we do not need a comma with the closing quotation mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s a list of guidelines where placing a comma either before or after the closing quotation mark becomes incorrect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When the quotation is a part of an explanation or sentence<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As sampled a couple of times earlier, a quoted remark that is syntactically connected with the entire sentence does <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-not\/\"><b>not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have to be separated with any commas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The quotation marks only serve as speech markers signaling the reader the remark has been inserted verbatim or exactly the same as in the source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So long <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/that-that\/\"><b>that<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the quoted information does not fall in any of the conditions enumerated in the earlier section, a comma must not appear after the quotation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this case, the same comma non-placement rule applies to both American and British English.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong>AmE:<\/strong> Justin said he &ldquo;wasn&rsquo;t ready&rdquo; to settle down because he&rsquo;s &ldquo;too young.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BrE:<\/strong> Justin said he &ldquo;wasn&rsquo;t ready&rdquo; to settle down because he&rsquo;s &ldquo;too young&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When the quotation is followed by a parenthetical citation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Academic writing is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-often-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>often<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> loaded with quotations taken from related studies, and these quotations have be to cited accordingly to avoid plagiarism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can usually find the citation, meaning the source of the quoted information, within parentheses afterward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No comma should be placed before the opening <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-parentesis\/\"><b>parenthesis<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which also means either before or after the closing quotation mark in this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong>AmE:<\/strong> Another research found that this particular behavior is &ldquo;common among single mothers in urban areas&rdquo; (Watson &amp; Smith, 2018, p. 75).<\/p>\n<p><strong>BrE:<\/strong> Another research found that this particular behavior is &ldquo;common among single mothers in urban areas&rdquo; (Watson &amp; Smith, 2018, p. 75).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When the quotation is used as a linguistic example or as itself<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quotation marks are also used to indicate that a word is being used to represent itself as a linguistic element, which also means that the element functions as a noun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, this is true for as long as that the necessary comma conditions listed in the previous section are not met.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No comma should be seen in the following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-e-g\/\"><b>examples<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong>AmE:<\/strong> The letter &ldquo;x&rdquo; indicates that the criterion has not been met.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BrE:<\/strong> The letter &ldquo;x&rdquo; indicates that the criterion has not been met.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>When the quotation is used to present an alternative meaning<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suggesting an alternative meaning is common <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-especially\/\"><b>especially<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in academic texts, which signals the reader that the terminology is a coined word, a comment, a slang word, a hedge, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When this happens, the quoted remark is actually an essential sentence element, but the quotation marks prompt the reader that the verbiage should not be interpreted literally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, no comma should be seen around the quotation marks as the quotation is a part of the entire sentence structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s an example for clarity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong>AmE:<\/strong> The result indicates that the behavior is &ldquo;normal&rdquo; within the first group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BrE:<\/strong> The result indicates that the behavior is &ldquo;normal&rdquo; within the first group.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Frequently Asked Questions on Comma After a Quotation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Where does the period go when you end a sentence with a quotation?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In American English, the default rule is to place the period before the closing quotation mark, but the period is placed after it in British English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>When do we need to use quotation marks?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We use quotation marks when representing a direct speech from a person, an alternative meaning to a word or phrase, a linguistic element as itself, or a coined term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Does the question mark go before or after the quotation mark?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The question mark goes inside the quotation marks if it applies to the quoted information as in this sentence: She asked, &ldquo;What&rsquo;s your decision?&rdquo; However, the question mark goes outside if it applies to the entire sentence as in this example: Did she really punch him in the face after hearing him say &ldquo;I&rsquo;m leaving&rdquo;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&rsquo;d like to highlight again that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/semicolons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punctuation marks<\/a><\/strong> are supposed to make our lives easier rather than harder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-no-matter\/\"><b>no matter<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which English variant you want to use, consistency to the grammatical conventions suggested by the language is always pivotal in preventing miscommunication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&rsquo;s all for now. Thanks for your time, and see you in our next post!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people think that the punctuation system requires esoteric knowledge to be fully mastered. Well, that might be the case if we think of it from a pedantic perspective, that the written language ought to be governed by &ldquo;rigid&rdquo; rules. 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