Question Mark Inside The 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 want and get it.

Question mark inside the quotes. 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. In american english the general rule for question marks and exclamation marks or points is this. Is it almost over he asked. How to punctuate quotations with question marks.

Put the question mark inside ending quotation marks if the question belongs to the quoted source. Whether these punctuation marks go inside or outside quotation marks depends on context. If the quoted material ends with a question mark or an exclamation mark the punctuation should be inside the quotation marks. If the entire sentence is a question put the question mark outside the quotation marks.

Put it outside if the question belongs to the writer. If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks. If the quote is a question or exclamation the punctuation mark goes inside the quotation marks. The song asks would you like to swing on a star.

However if the question mark or exclamation mark is not directly part of the quote then the punctuation should go outside the quotation marks. Sometimes the text inside quotation marks is capitalized other times it isn t. In american english periods go inside quotation marks. Inside when the question belongs to the source the committee asked rather rhetorically does this rule really apply.

The same rule applies to exclamation marks and dashes.