Quotes Inside Question Mark
If it doesn t end the whole sentence.
Quotes inside question mark. Inside when the question belongs to the source the committee asked rather rhetorically does this rule really apply. 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. Put the question mark inside ending quotation marks if the question belongs to the quoted source. If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks.
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. She laughed and said i don t think he will pass his driving test. How to punctuate quotations with question marks. Did she say may i go pop quiz.
Too unwieldy for us tastes did she really ask do you love me more on. Did she really ask do you love me. The same rule applies to exclamation marks and dashes. The speaker listed three secrets of success.
If the entire sentence is a question put the question mark outside the quotation marks. Confidence perseverance and passion. The song asks would you like to swing on a star. Unwieldy but acceptable don t double up with end marks.
He has never missed any of their games. Sentence ending punctuation is a whole different story. Bobbi asked did delia say this will never work. Choose the correct sentence.
The following are examples of punctuation marks that stay outside quotes. His favorite team is the rams. Don t end a quotation with. The sentence is a question and the quotation is a question i heard him yell do you love me.
The song asks would you like to swing on a star 1b.