Question Mark Outside The Quotes

How to punctuate quotations with question marks.

Question mark outside the quotes. Colons and semicolons are placed outside quotations while question marks and exclamation marks follow the logic of the sentence. If a question is in quotation marks the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks. The same rule applies to exclamation marks and dashes. 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.

Periods and commas always go inside quotation 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. In the us periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks. In the uk the tendency is to place them outside.

Put the question mark inside ending quotation marks if the question belongs to the quoted source. 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.

Rule the placement of question marks with quotations follows logic.