Question Mark Within Quotes

Note that in the examples below the question mark supplants the comma that would syntactically belong in its place.

Question mark within quotes. The song asks would you like to swing on a star 2b. How to punctuate quotations with question marks. 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.

Put it outside if the question belongs to the writer. Use only the question mark contained in the quotation. The same rule applies to exclamation marks and dashes. Direct questions within a sentence when a direct question occurs within a larger sentence it takes a question mark.

Is it almost over he asked. If the entire sentence is a question put the question mark outside the quotation marks. I heard him yell do you love me i heard him yell do you love me. If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks.

Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks. Question marks with quotation marks 1a. Yes she said slowly as she looked down to the great dead city stretched below swimming in unenlightened shadows. 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.

A more detailed explanation of punctuation inside or outside quotations did she really say i love you. Yes she said slowly and how foolish our human distinctions seem now as i look down to the great dead city. 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. This question mostly refers to the sentence ending punctuation marks punctuation marks that introduce a quote are never placed within quotation 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. If a question is within the quoted material a question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.