Does The Comma Go Inside The Quotations

I replied, i'm not sure. it also applies for quoted words or phrases: The mla handbook notes, “by convention, commas and periods that directly follow quotations go inside the closing quotation marks” (267). Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks, while semicolons and colons always go outside, in all cases involving quotation marks (again, american usage, not british usage).

According to the american system, you have to insert commas and periods inside the quotation marks. The commas that separate the titles are inside the quotation marks, as you can see. Thus, in the following sentence, the comma is placed after taught:

British style (more sensibly) places unquoted periods and commas outside the quotation marks.

If you live in the united states or the audience you are writing for is from there, then the periods and commas go inside the quotation marks. When you’re quoting someone’s exact words, introduce the quote with open quotation marks, and end the quote with a period or comma and closing quotation marks. The mla handbook notes, “by convention, commas and periods that directly follow quotations go inside the closing quotation marks” (267). Periods and commas are also placed inside quotations in other situations.