Speech: Punctuation And Quotes

Still having some serious problems on punctuation and capitalization around quotes.

When a quote ends a sentence, followed by attribution, then the end of the quote gets a comma -- even if the quote was the source's spoken word -- and the attribution which follows is lower-case.

So if I say this:

"You guys rock."

Then this is how it should read:

"You guys rock," Omar said.

And this is NOT how it should read:

"You guys rock." Said Omar.

Also, general journalistic practice is to simply say said, even repeatedly and without having to come up with a different word for "said." I know it looks weird, having graf after graf with he said and she said and whomever said, but in journalism we just use said over and over and over again.

Speech: Titles And Commas

If you have a formal title ahead of a name, then there is no need for a separating comma and you do capitalize the title. So you do this:

U.S. Surgeon General Tom Izzo said ...

...and NOT this ...

U.S. Surgeon General, Tom Izzo, said ...

... in the same way you would say this:

Capt. Crunch said ....

... but NOT this ...

Capt., Crunch, said ... 

Now, if that title is not being used as a direct title, but as an identifier separate from the name, then do use lower case and commas, like this:

The U.S. surgeon general, Tom Izzo, said ...

... and this ...

Tom Izzo, the U.S. surgeon general, said ...

... and this ...

Crunch, a captain, said ...

... and this, too ...

A captain, Crunch, said ...

Speech: Titles And Commas

If you have a formal title ahead of a name, then there is no need for a separating comma and you do capitalize the title. So you do this:

U.S. Surgeon General Tom Izzo said ...

...and NOT this ...

U.S. Surgeon General, Tom Izzo, said ...

... in the same way you would say this:

Capt. Crunch said ....

... but NOT this ...

Capt., Crunch, said ...

Now, if that title is not being used as a direct title, but as an identifier separate from the name, then do use lower case and commas, like this:

The U.S. surgeon general, Tom Izzo, said ...

... and this ...

Tom Izzo, the U.S. surgeon general, said ...

... and this ...

Crunch, a captain, said ...

... and this, too ...

A captain, Crunch, said ...

Speech: Punctuation And Quotes

Still having some serious problems on punctuation and capitalization around quotes.

When a quote ends a sentence, followed by attribution, then the end of the quote gets a comma -- even if the quote was the source's spoken word -- and the attribution which follows is lower-case.

So if I say this:

"You guys rock."

Then this is how it should read:

"You guys rock," Omar said.

And this is NOT how it should read:

"You guys rock." Said Omar.

Also, general journalistic practice is to simply say said, even repeatedly and without having to come up with a different word for "said." I know it looks weird, having graf after graf with he said and she said and whomever said, but in journalism we just use said over and over and over again.

Speech: Titles And Commas

If you have a formal title ahead of a name, then there is no need for a separating comma and you do capitalize the title. So you do this:

U.S. Surgeon General Tom Izzo said ...

...and NOT this ...

U.S. Surgeon General, Tom Izzo, said ...

... in the same way you would say this:

Capt. Crunch said ....

... but NOT this ...

Capt., Crunch, said ...

Now, if that title is not being used as a direct title, but as an identifier separate from the name, then do use lower case and commas, like this:

The U.S. surgeon general, Tom Izzo, said ...

... and this ...

Tom Izzo, the U.S. surgeon general, said ...

... and this ...

Crunch, a captain, said ...

... and this, too ...

A captain, Crunch, said ...

Speech: Titles And Commas

If you have a formal title ahead of a name, then there is no need for a separating comma and you do capitalize the title. So you do this:

U.S. Surgeon General Tom Izzo said ...

...and NOT this ...

U.S. Surgeon General, Tom Izzo, said ...

... in the same way you would say this:

Capt. Crunch said ....

... but NOT this ...

Capt., Crunch, said ...

Now, if that title is not being used as a direct title, but as an identifier separate from the name, then do use lower case and commas, like this:

The U.S. surgeon general, Tom Izzo, said ...

... and this ...

Tom Izzo, the U.S. surgeon general, said ...

... and this ...

Crunch, a captain, said ...

... and this, too ...

A captain, Crunch, said ...

Speech: Punctuation And Quotes

Still having some serious problems on punctuation and capitalization around quotes.

When a quote ends a sentence, followed by attribution, then the end of the quote gets a comma -- even if the quote was the source's spoken word -- and the attribution which follows is lower-case.

So if I say this:

"You guys rock."

Then this is how it should read:

"You guys rock," Omar said.

And this is NOT how it should read:

"You guys rock." Said Omar.

Also, general journalistic practice is to simply say said, even repeatedly and without having to come up with a different word for "said." I know it looks weird, having graf after graf with he said and she said and whomever said, but in journalism we just use said over and over and over again.

Speech: Titles And Commas

If you have a formal title ahead of a name, then there is no need for a separating comma and you do capitalize the title. So you do this:

U.S. Surgeon General Tom Izzo said ...

...and NOT this ...

U.S. Surgeon General, Tom Izzo, said ...

... in the same way you would say this:

Capt. Crunch said ....

... but NOT this ...

Capt., Crunch, said ...

Now, if that title is not being used as a direct title, but as an identifier separate from the name, then do use lower case and commas, like this:

The U.S. surgeon general, Tom Izzo, said ...

... and this ...

Tom Izzo, the U.S. surgeon general, said ...

... and this ...

Crunch, a captain, said ...

... and this, too ...

A captain, Crunch, said ...

Speech: Punctuation And Quotes

Still having some serious problems on punctuation and capitalization around quotes.

When a quote ends a sentence, followed by attribution, then the end of the quote gets a comma -- even if the quote was the source's spoken word -- and the attribution which follows is lower-case.

So if I say this:

"You guys rock."

Then this is how it should read:

"You guys rock," Omar said.

And this is NOT how it should read:

"You guys rock." Said Omar.

Also, general journalistic practice is to simply say said, even repeatedly and without having to come up with a different word for "said." I know it looks weird, having graf after graf with he said and she said and whomever said, but in journalism we just use said over and over and over again.

Speech: Titles And Commas

If you have a formal title ahead of a name, then there is no need for a separating comma and you do capitalize the title. So you do this:

U.S. Surgeon General Tom Izzo said ...

...and NOT this ...

U.S. Surgeon General, Tom Izzo, said ...

... in the same way you would say this:

Capt. Crunch said ....

... but NOT this ...

Capt., Crunch, said ...

Now, if that title is not being used as a direct title, but as an identifier separate from the name, then do use lower case and commas, like this:

The U.S. surgeon general, Tom Izzo, said ...

... and this ...

Tom Izzo, the U.S. surgeon general, said ...

... and this ...

Crunch, a captain, said ...

... and this, too ...

A captain, Crunch, said ...