Question Mark Inside Quotes
Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks.
Question mark inside quotes. Do you believe the saying it is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don t. If a quote inside a quote is a question or exclamation place the question mark or exclamation point inside the single quotation marks. Question marks with quotation marks 1a. The same rule applies to exclamation marks and dashes.
The song asks would you like to swing on a star 2b. Inside when the question belongs to the source the committee asked rather rhetorically does this rule really apply. How would you respond to the writer s question how important is punctuation 5. Do not use two question marks.
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. Bobbi said delia asked will this remote control work on my tv. How to punctuate quotations with question marks. Use only the question mark contained in the quotation.
Put it outside if the question belongs to the writer. If the entire sentence is a question put the question mark outside the quotation marks. If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks.