Last week, we examined the strict rule governing periods and commas with quotation marks. This week, let\u2019s look at the more logical rules governing the use of question marks with quotation marks.<\/p>\n
Rule – <\/strong>The placement of question marks with quotations follows logic. If a question is in quotation marks, the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/strong> Do you agree with the saying, “All’s fair in love and war”?<\/em> NOTE:<\/strong> Although some writers and editors disagree in special cases, only one ending punctuation mark is necessary with quotation marks. Also, the stronger punctuation mark wins. Therefore, no period after war<\/em> is used.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rule – <\/strong>When you have a question outside quoted material AND inside quoted material, use only one question mark and place it inside the quotation mark.<\/p>\n Example:<\/strong> <\/p>\n Pop Quiz<\/strong><\/p>\n Choose the correct sentence.<\/p>\n 1A. The song asks, “Would you like to swing on a star?”<\/p>\n 1B. The song asks, “Would you like to swing on a star”?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2A. “Is it almost over?” he asked?<\/p>\n 2B. “Is it almost over?” he asked.<\/p>\n 2C. “Is it almost over?,” he asked.<\/p>\n 2D. \u201cIs it almost over,\u201d he asked?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3A. Do you believe the saying, “It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don’t want and get it”?<\/p>\n 3B. Do you believe the saying, “It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don’t want and get it?”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pop Quiz Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1A. The song asks, “Would you like to swing on a star?”<\/p>\n 2B. “Is it almost over?” he asked.<\/p>\n 3A. Do you believe the saying, “It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don’t want and get it”?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week, we examined the strict rule governing periods and commas with quotation marks. This week, let\u2019s look at the more logical rules governing the use of question marks with quotation marks. Rule – The placement of question marks with quotations follows logic. If a question is in quotation marks, the question mark should be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-question-marks","category-quotation-marks"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nShe asked, “Will you still be my friend?” <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n
\nHere the question is outside the quote.<\/p>\n
\nDid she say, “May I go?”<\/em><\/p>\n