If I am listing book titles and cannot underline or italicize text, how must I punctuate the titles?
Example 1:
"Hard Times," "The Namesake," "The Color of Water," "Northanger Abbey," "Cannery Row" etc.
OR
Example 2:
"Hard Times", "The Namesake", "The Color of Water", "Northanger Abbey", "Cannery Row" etc.
?
"Hard Times," "The Namesake," "The Color of Water," "Northanger Abbey," "Cannery Row" etc.
The comma goes inside the quotations. Always. (Well, almost).
I thought that was the case, but I just wanted to be certain. Thank you!
That is a good question. I asked that question of a good grammarian last year and was told that it varies depending on if it is UK English, American English, etc. I was told that the way you did it in example #2 was UK English... this seems correct to me.
I think if it was my essay, I would keep the commas inside the quotes.
All of my high school English teachers have instructed me to keep commas and other punctuation inside quotations, and I trust them, so I'd suggest doing that as well.
The general rule of "comma before quote"!
