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Citation rules/Internet and media/18.3 AI-Generated Content

Move the comma outside the quotation mark

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

A search citation reproduces the query character for character, so a comma the writer added rather than typed sits outside the closing quotation mark.1

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  1. 1R. 18.3(b) Search results. Tables: R. 5.1(b)(iv) Punctuation.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousAdd the parenthetical naming the PDFNextReplace the URL with the PDF’s location

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  1. Abbreviate the author's name
  2. Abbreviate the site's name
  3. Add a comma before the URL
  4. Add a parenthetical explaining the link
  5. Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
  6. Add the name of the prompt’s author
  7. Add the parenthetical naming the PDF
  8. Move the comma outside the quotation mark
  9. Replace the URL with the PDF’s location

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More in Internet and media

  1. Abbreviate the author's name
  2. Abbreviate the site's name
  3. Add a comma before the URL
  4. Add a parenthetical explaining the link
  5. Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
  6. Add the name of the prompt’s author
  7. Add the parenthetical naming the PDF
  8. Move the comma outside the quotation mark
  9. Replace the URL with the PDF’s location

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