![]() ![]() I know this is a bunch of nitty-gritty stuff, but at least now you have Billy Joel stuck in your head. For example: I can’t believe you don’t know all the words to “We Didn’t Start the Fire”! However, if the quoted material does not contain the question mark or exclamation point, then it should appear outside the quotation marks. Question marks and exclamation points should appear inside the quotation marks if they are part of the quoted material.As Grammar Girl says in her blog post “How to Use Quotation Marks”: these instances are rare. Colons and semicolons should appear outside the quotation marks.I don’t want to confuse anyone into thinking that the period I’m using to end my sentence should also be included in the edit I’m suggesting. I – and maybe other editors too – do this for clarity. Periods and commas should go inside closing quotation marks, “like this.” Side note: As an editor, I often move such punctuation outside the quotation marks (rule breaker!). ![]() The second ('and') joins two verbs, so no comma is required.) Hopefully, thats all clear. (Likewise, if the entire sentence is not contained in parentheses and only part of it is parenthetical, move the period to the outside.) Also, try not to include more than one sentence within an existing sentence’s parenthetical. (The first coordinating conjunction ('and') joins two independent clauses, so a comma is required. Do use a period inside the parentheses if the entire sentence is in parentheses.From what I have seen (I may be wrong), most people seem familiar with this rule. Similarly, do not use a comma, semicolon, or colon before a close parenthesis (like this ) instead move the punctuation mark outside the close parenthesis.The only time you should use a comma before an open parenthesis is when writing a numbered list like in this example: “These three exercises are ridiculous yet intriguing: (1) prancercising, (2) kangaroo jumping, and (3) cardioke.” The adverb’s purpose is to modify the whole sentence or a clause. Do not use a comma before a parenthetical statement, (like this). A sentence adverbused to express the narrator or viewpoint character’s attitude toward the sentiment conveyed by the sentenceis separated from the rest of the sentence with a comma.I lumped these together because they are pretty similar, so hopefully the rules won’t be confusing. In this post, we’re talking about parentheses and quotation marks in relation to other punctuation. ![]()
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