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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Position of punctuation marks
1. Where do you put period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark? Inside quotation marks or outside?
2. Is it compulsory or optional? For example, which one is right between [ He said, "She isn't involved." ] and [ He said, "She isn't involved". ], between [ He asked, "What do you want?" ] and [ He asked, "What do you want"? ], or between [ He shouted, "Watch out!" ] and [ He shouted, "Watch out"! ]?
2. Is it compulsory or optional? For example, which one is right between [ He said, "She isn't involved." ] and [ He said, "She isn't involved". ], between [ He asked, "What do you want?" ] and [ He asked, "What do you want"? ], or between [ He shouted, "Watch out!" ] and [ He shouted, "Watch out"! ]?
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lucas21c 1. Where do you put period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark? Inside quotation marks or outside?
- lucas21c 1.
- Where do you put period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark?
- Inside quotation marks or outside?
- That is not a sentence.
- 'That depends on the exact wording of the sentence .
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lucas21c1. Where do you put period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark? Inside quotation marks or outside? That is not a sentence.
Say 'Where do you put a period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark, inside or outside the quotation marks?'That depends on the exact wording of the sentence.
2. Is it compulsory or opti
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The period is inside the quotation marks.
The question mark is inside the quotation marks.
The exclamation mate is inside the quotation marks.
The question mark is inside the quotation marks.
The exclamation mate is inside the quotation marks.
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