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Chris2010 Posted 12 years ago
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"right time"? or "right time?"
Have you been putting off treatment and care until the "right time"?
Should the closing quotation mark come after the question mark or before? ( This is in American writing)
Should the closing quotation mark come after the question mark or before? ( This is in American writing)
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chris2010 Should the closing quotation mark come after the question mark or before? ( This is in American writing) Before the question mark.
- chris2010 Should the closing quotation mark come after the question mark or before?
- ( This is in American writing) Before the question mark.
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chris2010Should the closing quotation mark come after the question mark or before? ( This is in American writing)Before the question mark.
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If you quote something that is originally a question, it retains its question mark inside the quotes, otherwise (like 'right time') it won't have any reason to have one.
However when extracting a few words from an original without regard to or interest in the original tone of voice then it will also lose the punctuation of the original.
This example displays both:-
However when extracting a few words from an original without regard to or interest in the original tone of voice then it will also lose the punctuation of the original.
This example displays both:-
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