Question Mark Quotes Period

The placement of question marks with quotation marks follows logic.

Question mark quotes period. Is outside the quotation. But then someone told me pay it no mind lad note that the period goes inside both the single and double quotation marks. Dashes colons and semicolons almost always go outside the quotation marks. I didn t think so.

The exclamation mark trumps the question mark and both trump the period. If a question is in quotation marks the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks. Question marks and exclamation marks sometimes go inside sometimes stay outside. Do commas and periods go inside or outside quotation marks.

When to use quotation marks. If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks. If the entire sentence is a question put the question mark outside the quotation marks. How to punctuate quotations with question marks.

When the question mark in the title comes at the end of a sentence that would itself require a question mark or period the additional question mark or period is omitted. The question do you agree with the saying. In a town outside brisbane i saw tourists go home written on a wall. Question marks with quotation marks.

If a sentence ends with quoted material the period is placed inside the closing quotation mark even if the period is not part of the original quotation. The period question mark and exclamation mark are the three musketeers of punctuation. The most common question people ask about quotation marks is whether periods and commas go inside or outside and the answer depends on where your audience lives because in american english we always put periods and commas inside quotation marks but in british english periods and commas can go inside or outside kind of like the american rules for question marks and exclamation points. If a question ends with a quotation containing an exclamation mark the exclamation mark will override the question.

If a question is within the quoted material a question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks. Use just one ending punctuation mark with quotation marks. All for one and one for all. I use this memory trick.

This week let s look at the more logical rules governing the use of question marks with quotation marks. She asked will you still be my friend the question will you still be my friend. Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks in american english. Use single quotation marks for quotations within quotations.

Quotation marks are for when you want to use someone else s words in your writing. Is part of the quotation. Ok here s an example. Rule the placement of question marks with quotations follows logic.

Inside the us inside the quotation marks.