[PW] Re: ?punctuation question

[Dayle Henshel]

I'd do it as follows:

When I've been asked the question "What did your father do in the war?"
my reply has been, "He tasted butter."

although I tend to lean towards the Brit system of putting commas, etc. 
outside quote marks, which would probably allow one to do it this way:

When I've been asked the question "What did your father do in the war?",
my reply has been, "He tasted butter."

dayle

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Henderson" <jhenderson at ithaca.edu>


> Scouring grammar books and web sites, I can't find a definitive answer
> to this question of punctuation.
> Where would you add the commas in this sentence:
> When I've been asked the question "What did your father do in the war?"
> my reply has been "He tasted butter."
>