If a direct quote is interrupted in the middle, don’t start the second part of the quote with a capital letter. Example: can’t believe,” my brother told me, you didn’t “I “that wash your hands before you made lunch.” Punctuation (commas, periods, question marks, etc.) comes BEFORE the quotation mark. If the quotation is at the end of a sentence, the comma to set off the quote comes before the first quotation mark and the period to end the sentence comes before the final quotation mark. If a quote comes at the beginning of a sentence, the comma to set it off comes before the final quotation mark. Quotation Marks for Titles Quotation marks should be put around the title of the following short types of works: songs, short stories, essays, poems, one-act plays, section titles of longer works, chapter title, articles in newspapers/magazines/journals, episodes of radio/tv series. Dialogue When writing dialogue (conversations in narrative writing), write each person’s words as a new paragraph (even if it’s only a word or two). Separate each person’s words from the narration using commas as described in number five above. 8.8 Mechanics Notes Use of Commas Follow the rules below to decide when to add a comma to your writing. Remember, using commas when you don’t need them is just as wrong as not using commas when you do need them! Use commas to separate words/groups of words in a series of three or more. If the last two items have the conjunction and or or between them, you may use a comma before the conjunction but this is not required. Use commas to separate two adjectives describing the same noun, IF the of the adjectives could be changed without changing the meaning. Use a comma before the coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) in a compound sentence. Use a comma after words or phrases that introduce or interrupt a sentence.
If a direct quote is interrupted in the middle, don’t start the second part of the quote with a capital letter. Example: “I can’t believe,” my brother told me, “that you didn’t wash your hands before you made lunch.” Punctuation (commas, periods, question marks, etc.) comes BEFORE the quotation mark. If the quotation is at the end of a sentence, the comma to set off the quote comes before the first quotation mark and the period to end the sentence comes before the final quotation mark. If a quote comes at the beginning of a sentence, the comma to set it off comes before the final quotation mark. Quotation Marks for Titles Quotation marks should be put around the title of the following short types of works: songs, short stories, essays, poems, one-act plays, section titles of longer works, chapter title, articles in newspapers/magazines/journals, episodes of radio/tv series. Dialogue When writing dialogue (conversations in narrative writing), write each person’s words as a new paragraph (even if it’s only a word or two). Separate each person’s words from the narration using commas as described in number five above. 8.8 Mechanics Notes Use of Commas Follow the rules below to decide when to add a comma to your writing. Remember, using commas when you don’t need them is just as wrong as not using commas when you do need them! Use commas to separate words/groups of words in a series of three or more. If the last two items have the conjunction and or or between them, you may use a comma before the conjunction but this is not required. Use commas to separate two adjectives describing the same noun, IF the of the adjectives could be changed without changing the meaning. Use a comma before the coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) in a compound sentence. Use a comma after words or phrases that introduce or interrupt a sentence.
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