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The correct punctuation for the sentence "I asked my friend, 'When is your birthday?'" is to add a comma after "friend" and use single quotation marks around the quoted question.
The combination of a question mark with quotation marks is used to indicate a question within a quote. This punctuation is referred to as a question within a question or a quoted question.
The two main punctuation styles are American style and British style. American style places periods and commas inside the closing quotation marks, while British style places them outside unless they are part of the quoted material.
In American English, most punctuation marks are placed inside quotation marks. However, in British English, punctuation marks are placed outside the quotation marks unless they are part of the quoted material.
Inverted commas, also known as quotation marks, are punctuation marks that appear as either " or ' around a word or phrase to indicate that it is being quoted or referenced.
To type a correct quote, use opening and closing quotation marks (" "). Place the opening quotation mark before the quoted text and the closing quotation mark after the quoted text. This helps signify the beginning and end of the quote.
Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", "as such", or "in such a manner". In writing, it is placed within square brackets and usually italicized - [sic] - to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation, and/or other preceding quoted material has been reproduced verbatim from the quoted original and is not a transcription error.
it started during the Great Fallingoftrees period, a dramatic time in history where trees started to fall. this was quoted by the great prophet Patrick star.
no, there is only one. ================== I can't think of any example where ending a sentence with two periods would be necessary. Not even following the last word in a sentence that is being quoted within parentheses would I expect one to employ two periods. One, I humbly submit, is all that's ever needed. ------------------------- Placing more than one punctuation mark at the end of a sentence is superfluous. It is a rule of punctuation that there be only one form of "end punctuation" to a sentence. Whether the end punctuation be a period, question mark or exclamation point, only one is required. The rule applies also when the punctuation mark appears within parentheses or quotation marks; a second punctuation mark is both unnecessary and inappropriate.
Punctuation marks should be placed outside the set of quotation marks, unless they are part of the quoted material. For example: "I love pizza," she said.
In a line of dialogue in a story. Or if you are quoting a person. So if you were to say and 7 times consecutively, and i quoted you on paper, it would be grammatically correct.
Who quoted what? and what are you expecting are answer to be!
In American English, the period goes inside the quotation marks. For example, "She went to the store." In British English, the period goes outside the quotation marks unless it is part of the quoted text. For example, 'He said "hello".'
Punctuation marks such as periods and commas should be placed outside the set of quotation marks. Question marks and exclamation points should be placed inside if they are part of the quoted material, and outside if they are not.
Correct version is: "Happiness consists of three things: someone to love, work to do, and a clear conscience." Author is anonymous.
The Blythes Are Quoted was created in 2009.
For the test quoted the correct answer is "Adolescents, age 13 to 20." Supporting theory is Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development.