Re: Punctuation question

["Susan H. Delagrange" <delagrange.2@osu.edu>]

Using the model of the following:
"Where are you going?" she asked.
I would omit the comma entirely.
On the other hand, I'd probably play it safe and recast the sentence!
susan

>I've searched for an example of this type of scenario in the handbooks
>and am at a loss to find one. Could someone give me some guidance on this.
>
>Does the comma work after the introductory element in the following sentence?
>
>In Oates's short story "Where are you Going, Where Have You Been?," Arnold
>Friend trys . . .
>
>Should the comma simply be omitted in this case?
>
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