Punctuation Quotes With Question Mark

Is part of the quotation.

Punctuation quotes with question mark. The placement of question marks with quotation marks follows logic. She asked will you still be my friend the question will you still be my friend. No additional punctuation is necessary to end the sentence outside when the question belongs to the writer did the board really say we will consider the rules on charitable contributions. Do you agree with the saying all s fair in love.

Quotation marks and adjacent punctuation. Use only the question mark contained in the quotation. If a question is within the quoted material a question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks. Also make sure that you place quotation marks correctly with respect to other punctuation marks and with citations.

The comma is the mark most frequently used to introduce quoted material. It distinguishes a quoted question from a quotation embedded in a question. Choose the correct sentence. I feared for my safety in this wicked house 28.

Also the stronger punctuation mark wins. Note in the first example below that when the question mark is part of the title of a work that is set in italics as it is in the cited novel the question mark is italicized. This rule makes good sense. In contrast with the examples above when the question mark is part of a title of work a syntactically necessary comma is retained.

Do not use two question marks. The placement of question marks with quotation marks follows logic. Which shakespeare character asked is this a dagger which i see before me the handle toward my hand but if the sentence includes a parenthetical citation place the question mark after the citation. Publication manual as do several other major style guides such as ap chicago and mla the table below elaborates with examples for each punctuation mark.

How would you respond to the writer s question how important is punctuation 5. Place other punctuation inside quotation marks when that punctuation is part of what is being quoted such as a quoted question. The piano mover answered betsy but no one could understand his words. As you might guess from our name apa style uses american style punctuation see p.

She knows she is no longer safe. If a question is within the quoted material a question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks. Is part of the quotation. She asked will you still be my friend the question will you still be my friend.

Did she say may i go pop quiz. 92 of the 6th ed. Though not necessarily logical the american rules for multiple punctuation with quotation marks are firmly established. Question mark showing the writer s question goes outside.

Therefore no period after war is used. Time to look at one more part of betsy s encounter with the falling piano. If a complete sentence or independent clause precedes the quotation a colon is the appropriate mark of punctuation. Do you agree with the saying all s fair in love.