Quotes Outside Question Mark

Dashes colons and semicolons almost always go outside the quotation marks.

Quotes outside question mark. An activist group and i love you. If an entire sentence is in quotation marks the terminal punctuation is placed inside the quotes. There are two meanings for 381. Inside or outside according to logic.

Inside in the us outside in the uk i know she said. 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. Also the stronger punctuation mark wins.

Put it outside if the question belongs to the writer. Quotation marks are for when you want to use someone else s words in your writing. Here the question is outside the quote. She asked will you still be my friend do you agree with the saying all s fair in love and war.

Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks in american english. 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. When to use quotation marks. I know she said.

Inside when the question belongs to the source the committee asked rather rhetorically does this rule really apply question mark that s part of the quotation goes inside. How to punctuate quotations with question marks. She asked do you love me did she say i love you. Question marks and exclamation marks sometimes go inside sometimes stay outside.

Although some writers and editors disagree in special cases only one ending punctuation mark is necessary with quotation marks. Notice that the comma is outside the quotes because it s not part of what was said but the question mark is inside them. The same rule applies to exclamation marks and dashes.