Question Mark Within Quotes Or Outside

Sentence ending punctuation is a whole different story.

Question mark within quotes or outside. For example if the sentence is a question but the words in the quote are not the question mark would go outside the quotation marks. In the next examples the terminal punctuation is part of the quotation so it stays inside the final quotation mark. 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.

For example has he already said i m going to the mall. Did you ask me. Put it outside if the question belongs to the writer. Rule the placement of question marks with quotations follows logic.

In the final example the question mark belongs to the carrier sentence and not the quotation. Could you hand me the large sword lily asked. This week let s look at the more logical rules governing the use of question marks with 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.

If on the other hand the sentence is not a question but the words in the quote are then the question mark would go inside the quotation marks. Put the question mark inside ending quotation marks if the question belongs to the quoted source. The same rule applies to exclamation marks and dashes. If the question mark or exclamation point is part of your quotation it stays inside.

Stephanie screamed stop pinching me exclamation point 4. To sum up the rules on question marks. Inside when the question belongs to the source the committee asked rather rhetorically does this rule really apply. A more detailed explanation of punctuation inside or outside quotations did she really say i love you.

I m so mad she said honey collate all these papers exclamation point 2. This question mostly refers to the sentence ending punctuation marks punctuation marks that introduce a quote are never placed within quotation marks. I heard him yell do you love me i heard him yell do you love me. If a question is in quotation marks the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.

If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks. Question marks exclamation points and quotation marks 1. If the entire sentence is a question put the question mark outside the quotation marks.