How To Use Commas Before Quotes

If your quotation in running text i e with no introduction use nothing before it.

How to use commas before quotes. 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. You can use a colon a comma or nothing before a quotation. 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. If the introduction is not an independent clause and most aren t you can use a comma. Use a colon after an introduction that is an independent clause or if the quotation is at least one sentence.

Use a comma after verbs of communication such as asked or said when they come right before a quote. 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. Rarely do these types of quotes need commas in front of them.