Commas With Quotes• Use commas to introduce quotes or dialogue

with tags such as “he said” and “she asked”.• If you give the quote before you tell who said

it, then the comma always goes inside of the quotation marks.

• Example: “It’s too late,” Stacy replied.• If you give the quote after you tell who said it,

then the comma always goes outside of the quotation marks.

• Example: Jake asked, “Who stole the chocolate?”

• Follow the same rules if you have two quotes in a sentence.

• Example: “Please,” he begged, “can’t we just talk about this?”

Grammar Practice 10-16-14 #2

• “We are going to study commas” the teacher told the class.

• Amber said “We use water for many things.”• Mark chirped in “We will never run out of

water!”• “Yes class” the teacher explained “the water

cycle provides us with water we need.”