I'm curious about the comma answer. I would have said that sentence didn't need a comma because it wasn't joining two independent clauses with a conjunction. If you take out the quotation marks and the word more and write it like this: I'm not sure if the following example is appropriate or wrong.glorybee wrote:Your comma was in the right place. In the US, commas go inside quotation marks.lish1936 wrote:I'm not sure if the following example is "more appropriate," (is that comma in the right place?) or just wrong.Jan wrote:Is there an instance that I haven't thought of where you think using 'by' is more appropriate?![]()
Lillian
You wouldn't put a comma there so why would you put the comma after appropriate?
I agree that it goes inside the quotation marks, but if I had been editing that, I would have removed the comma. So what am I missing? Why does the comma go after appropriate?
I don't mean to be disagreeable; I just want to understand. Of course I realize that comma rules can vary from expert to expert.
