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A Little Comma Drama

How Confident Are You in Your Grammar Knowledge?

Quick question: In U.S. English, should a comma be inside or outside quotation marks?

Two years ago, I would have answered without missing a beat, “Inside. Definitely.” After proofreading and editing for newspapers for more than 20 years, I believed my knowledge of U.S. grammar to be rock solid.