Where do the punctuation marks such as "?" and "!" and ", " go within the parentheses in a sentence such as this? He ran to the door and asked her, "Why are you here" but she screamed at him, "Leave me alone" and ran back into the street.
2007-07-27 22:55:17 · 13 answers · asked by Michael B - Prop. 8 Repealed! 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
He ran to the door and asked her, "Why are you here?" but she screamed at him, "Leave me alone!" and ran back into the street.
This is how it goes... All the punctuation marks (question mark, exclamation mark) go in the quotation marks (not parenthesis) because they show the intonation, the feeling or the exact way someone said something.. This helps reading the sentence in a colorful way...
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2007-07-27 23:11:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
The punctuation marks would go within the inverted commas:
He ran to the door and asked her, "Why are you here?", but she screamed at him, "Leave me alone!" and ran back into the street.
By the way, in my understanding parentheses are brackets ( ) rather than inverted commas.
2007-07-28 01:00:09 · answer #2 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He ran to the door and asked her, "why are you here?" but she screamed at him, "leave me alone!" and ran back into the street.
2007-07-27 23:01:10 · answer #3 · answered by Hermes711 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He ran to the door and asked her, "why are you here?", but she screamed at him, "leave me alone!", and ran back into the street.
2007-07-28 06:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by ndnquah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michael B., I'm an old timer. Times change with usage. I was always taught, punctuation goes inside quotation marks.
2007-07-27 23:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by JIMMY 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have really good books talking about this stuff. But really you can find everything online. Seriously you weren't taught English at School?
2016-04-01 06:44:14 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Why are you here?" "Leave me alone!"
Makes the most sense anyway
2007-07-27 23:00:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Why am I here?" and "Leave you alone!"
I have killed people for saying less than that to me.
CROM!
2007-07-30 10:48:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
the ?-! are both written within the parenthesis.
the , however; should be outside.
2007-07-28 01:17:31 · answer #9 · answered by Judy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
" Why are you here?" and " Leave me alone!"
2007-07-27 22:58:52 · answer #10 · answered by Barbara D 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋