35h Set off quotations.

35h
Set off quotations.

Commas set off a quotation from words used to introduce or identify the source of the quotation. A comma following a quotation goes inside the closing quotation mark.

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Do not use a comma after a question mark or an exclamation point.

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Do not use a comma to introduce a quotation with that or when you do not quote a speaker’s exact words.

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