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Do parenthesis go inside or outside quotation marks?
It depends. What is the sentence you want to use?
Does a semicolon go inside or outside of quotation marks?
Semicolons and colons goes outside of quotation marks.
Do commas go inside or outside of quotation marks?
With NO exceptions, periods and commas go INSIDE the quotation marks. However, question marks (if the question comes at the end of the sentence) are put following the clause with the quotation marks outside the question mark. If there are two clauses within the sentence separated by a conjunction, and there is a semi colon required, the semi colon at the end of the first clause goes outside the quotation marks.
Does a comma go inside or outside an apostrophe?
Outside, like: The car was John's, so he had to pay for the repairs. However, if you are using the apostrophes as single quotation marks, then inside. Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. "Like this."
What is in reported speech Does your mother have a spare key said the the policeman?
The words that come out of someone's mouth go in quotation marks. (said the policeman) does not go inside quotation marks.
Does punctuation go inside or outside parenthesis?
Depends! (If the sentence starts and ends inside the brackets the punctuation does too.) If the sentence is part in (and part out) the punctuation goes outside the brackets. It is the same with quotation marks (look in a newspaper and you'll see what I mean).
Can a go inside a closing quotation mark?
Typically, only full or partial sentences will be put in quotation marks. Very rarely will there be quotation marks around a single article, however, it can happen.
When you have a sentence that ends with a song title does the period go inside or outside the quotation marks?
The period always goes inside quotation marks - in all kinds of sentences - not just ones that have a song title.
When saying good morning does exclamation point go in or outside of quotation marks?
Inside.
Where does the comma go after the quotation marks of thanks you?
The comma goes inside the quotation marks in American English, but outside in British English. So, in American English, it would be "thanks," you.
Do commas go inside quotations marks?
British style places commas and periods that are not part of the quoted material outside of the quotation marks. Also, in technical applications or when discussing coding, punctuation that is not part of a text string should be placed outside of the quotes. Placing commas and periods inside the quotes implies that they are part of the string to be displayed.
Do footnotes go outside of parentheses?
If the content of the footnote is related to the entire sentence within parentheses, then the footnote should go outside of the closing parenthesis. However, if the footnote only applies to a specific word or phrase within the parentheses, it should go inside the closing parenthesis after that specific element.
