Quote Question Mark End Of Sentence

There was a storm last night paul said.

Quote question mark end of sentence. Place the exclamation point immediately after the closing quotation mark. In the final example the question mark belongs to the carrier sentence. A question mark is a punctuation symbol placed at the end of a sentence or phrase to indicate a direct question as in. Did you just ask why me rule.

The question was if a quote ends in a question mark do i add a comma after the question mark but inside the closing quote if the sentence ends with he said. If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks. How to punctuate quotations with question marks. She asked are you happy to be home the question mark is also called an interrogation point note of interrogation or question point.

The question mark that ends the example sentence below is not part of the title of the cited movie so it is not italicized even though the movie title is. If the entire sentence is a question put the question mark outside the quotation marks. This question mostly refers to the sentence ending punctuation marks punctuation marks that introduce a quote are never placed within quotation marks. Sentence ending punctuation is a whole different story.

Does punctuation go inside or outside quotation marks. How to use quotation marks at the end of a sentence homeschool grammar. The adjacent comma which is not part of the title is not italicized. The question mark inside the closing quotation mark ends the sentence.

In the united states the rule of thumb is that commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks and colons and semicolons dashes as well go outside. Note in the first example below that when the question mark is part of the title of a work that is set in italics as it is in the cited novel the question mark is italicized. Generally speaking the end punctuation goes inside the quotation marks. Therefore no period after war is used.

Rule when you have a question outside quoted material and inside quoted material use only one question mark and place it inside the quotation mark. Although some writers and editors disagree in special cases only one ending punctuation mark is necessary with quotation marks. The question of question marks. No additional question mark.

For my part i would leave the quote exactly as it is within the quotation marks then add the comma if you must or perhaps a dash. Don t be silly said the clown.