Quotes With Questions Marks

If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks.

Quotes with questions marks. The placement of question marks with quotation marks follows logic. When to use quotation marks. If a question is within the quoted material a question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks. Put the question mark inside ending quotation marks if the question belongs to the quoted source.

If the question mark or exclamation point is part of your quotation it stays inside. They put the question mark. Question marks and exclamation marks sometimes go inside sometimes stay outside. Quotation marks with question marks and exclamation points stepping up the ladder of quotation mark complexity we find question marks and exclamation points.

If the entire sentence is a question put the question mark outside the quotation marks. Once you learn it feel free to write however you like. This week let s look at the more logical rules governing the use of question marks with quotation marks. Do you agree with the saying all s fair in love and war.

Quotes tagged as questions showing 1 30 of 765 he who has a why to live for can bear almost any how friedrich nietzsche tags. She asked will you still be my friend the question will you still be my friend. But if the question mark or exclamation point are not part of the quotation they go outside the closing quotation mark. If a question is in quotation marks the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.

The adjacent comma which is not part of the title is not italicized. Like judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. Put it outside if the question belongs to the writer. Some of you detail oriented okay picky people may want to know what to do when the quotation and the sentence are both questions.

They will remember the allegation. Science history me looking there are media houses which put headline with a question mark and that is how they can get away without taking the accountability of the allegation. Rule the placement of question marks with quotations follows logic. Is part of the quotation.

Inside when the question belongs to the source the committee asked rather rhetorically does this rule really apply. Some omit them altogether others use different types of quotation marks. She asked will you still be my friend. Quotation marks are for when you want to use someone else s words in your writing.

This is why onehowto looks at how to use speech marks with a question but we do so with as much information as we can so you know what is expected. Where they go depends on your sentence. 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. How life purpose questioning questions why.