REMARKS.
1. An expression resembling a quotation should be preceded by a comma; as, “Therefore the question still returns, What is the First Principle of all things?”
2. Quotations and general statements introduced by that are frequently preceded by a comma; as, “Tacitus says of Agricola, that he governed his family, which many find to be a harder task than to govern a province.”—Arthur Helps.
3. When single words or a part of a sentence are quoted, a comma should not be used; as, “His wife was a domesticated, kind-hearted old soul, who had come with him ‘from the queen city of the world,’ which, it seemed, was Philadelphia.”—Dickens.
4. Quotation divided. “A man could not set his foot down,” says Cortes, “unless on the corpse of an Indian.”—Prescott.
5. When the quotation is a long one, it should be preceded by a colon.
Rule VIII. Person or Thing Addressed.—The name of the person or thing addressed, together with its modifying words, should be separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.
EXAMPLES.
“Now, Macaulay, when I am gone, you’ll be sorry that you never heard me speak.”—Sydney Smith.