Question Mark Inside Quotes End Sentence
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Question mark inside quotes end sentence. Some of you detail oriented okay picky people may want to know what to do when the quotation and the sentence are both questions. Sandy asked them why do you guys always fight did the dog bark every time he heard sandy say i m bringing dinner. When the entire sentence not just the quoted word or phrase is a. Question marks and exclamation points have their own rules.
In the final example the question mark belongs to the carrier sentence and not the quotation. Choose the correct sentence. How to use quotation marks at the end of a sentence homeschool grammar keep it inside. Generally speaking the end punctuation goes inside the quotation marks.
If they apply to the whole sentence they go outside it. If the entire sentence is a question put the question mark outside the quotation marks. Rule when you have a question outside quoted material and inside quoted material use only one question mark and place it inside the quotation mark. The song asks would you like to swing on a star 1b.
To sum up the rules on question marks. The question of question marks. Inside when the question belongs to the source the committee asked rather rhetorically does this rule really apply question mark that s part of the quotation goes inside. Put the question mark inside ending quotation marks if the question belongs to the quoted source.
We had such a great time. According to ap style a question mark is inside quotation marks if that part is the question and outside the quotation marks if the whole sentence is a question. If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks. The same rule applies to exclamation marks and dashes.
If they apply to the quoted material they go within the quotation marks. Another exception is if the quoted material is a full sentence and stands alone i e without a carrier expression such as he said. Where do questions marks go. The song asks would you like to swing on a star.