Re: Quotes/Comma question

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Punctuation usage may have changed since my
grade school years in the 50's, but in your example
I was taught that a comma should be used, inside
the right quotation mark.  "Then select..." does not
seem to me to be sufficiently independent of what
comes before it to use a semicolon.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butler, Darren J Ctr 584 CBSS/GBHAC" 
<Darren -dot- Butler -dot- ctr -at- Robins -dot- af -dot- mil>
> Please help settle a debate. Is it correct to follow quotation marks
> with either a comma or a semi colon?
>
> example:
>
> When the Test Path screen appears, type "C:\Applications\test
> programs\TS3.exe", then select NEXT.

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