How To Use Commas Before Quotes

You can use a colon a comma or nothing before a quotation.

How to use commas before quotes. If the introduction is not an independent clause and most aren t you can use a comma. It states on the left. These words do not take a comma before the quotes unless it is appropriate for the sentence in general that is unless the grammar calls for it. Use a colon after an introduction that is an independent clause or if the quotation is at least one sentence. If your quotation in running text i e with no introduction use nothing before it.

You can also use commas when a quotation is interrupted by a phrase like he said or she said in fact you use two commas. For example what the king dreams ned said the hand builds bran jon said i m sorry i didn t come before when to skip the comma. The short fellow asked how s the weather up there insert a comma after the clause between the first and second part of a split quote.