How To Use Commas Before Quotes

The document says it was just after midnight that she was admitted.

How to use commas before quotes. It states on the left. 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. 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. If the introduction is not an independent clause and most aren t you can use a comma. Rarely do these types of quotes need commas in front of them.

You can use a colon a comma or nothing before a quotation. 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. Use a colon after an introduction that is an independent clause or if the quotation is at least one sentence.