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Question: Where does the comma go?
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« on: October 27, 2010, 12:03:07 PM »
Had a slight disagreement with a client.

The answer is easy to google, but I wondered if we could get an idea of what people thought the correct placement of the comma 'should' be.
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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2010, 12:05:36 PM »
It would probably have been easiest if you'd just PM'd Sofa-King, Blonde's resident comma expert.
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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2010, 12:06:38 PM »
I voted, then looked up on google, and realised I was wrong. "Damn!" I said to myself.

Edit: Except now I've googled some more and there is a difference between American and English convention, apparently. So I was right the first time. Possibly.
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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2010, 12:10:49 PM »
hmm - i'm very much in the minority on my vote.  pretty sure the punctuation should be within the quotes though.
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« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2010, 12:15:43 PM »
No need for a comma IMO. Missing an exclamation mark tho.
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« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2010, 12:16:12 PM »
norrr, comma after quotes

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« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2010, 12:16:51 PM »
Quote from: Claw75 on October 27, 2010, 12:10:49 PM
hmm - i'm very much in the minority on my vote.  pretty sure the punctuation should be within the quotes though.

It just looks right inside the quotes, although to be honest, I do struggle with punctuation. (and I use brackets too often.)
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« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2010, 12:30:37 PM »
Quote from: RED-DOG on October 27, 2010, 12:16:51 PM
Quote from: Claw75 on October 27, 2010, 12:10:49 PM
hmm - i'm very much in the minority on my vote.  pretty sure the punctuation should be within the quotes though.

It just looks right inside the quotes, although to be honest, I do struggle with punctuation. (and I use brackets too often.)

i might be getting confused with brackets - i know the punctuation needs to be inside them.  I can't say that I'd be particularly bothered about, or even notice, the placing of the comma in the example used though.  
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« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2010, 12:47:59 PM »
i've consulted my copy of 'eats, shoots & leaves' but it doesn't cover this in the 'commas' chapter.  So I randomly picked up three works of fiction from my bookshelf.  All do the comma before the closing quote thing.
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« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2010, 12:52:04 PM »
Depends on the context, I think...
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« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2010, 12:52:20 PM »
the comma inside the quotation marks makes no logical sense to me
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« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2010, 12:53:22 PM »
Quote from: BulldozerD on October 27, 2010, 12:52:20 PM
the comma inside the quotation marks makes no logical sense to me

there are many, many things about the English language that don't make logical sense.
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« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2010, 12:54:22 PM »
I was taught to place the comma within the quotes.  Being taught in America might make that wrong though.
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« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2010, 12:56:33 PM »

No need to consult google, random books, or anything else.

The comma belongs outside of the quote. Unless, of course, Mr Bannantyne used it, in which case it belongs inside.

The inverted commas are intended to faithfully repeat what was said, or written. So it could be either - but it must reflect what was originally said or written.
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« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2010, 12:57:29 PM »
Quote from: Laxie on October 27, 2010, 12:54:22 PM
I was taught to place the comma within the quotes.  Being taught in America might make that wrong though.

Standard.
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