Punctuating with Quotation Marks

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Uploaded by on Oct 14, 2011

This video, from English 10 on 10/14/2011, discusses how to punctuate quoted material. The class addresses periods, colons, semi-colons, commas, question marks, and exclamation points.

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  • @attic42 The first works best. The punctuation of the quotation takes precedence.

  • Hi Mr. Carlson,

    What if you wanted to quote someone's question? Where would the question mark go?

    For example:

    Did you just ask "May I go to the bathroom?"

    Or

    Did you just ask "May I go to the bathroom?"?

    Or

    Did you just ask "May I go to the bathroom"?

    My guess is that it's the first one, but this instance seems to go against the explanation you were giving in the video about the exclamation mark.

    Thanks for your help. Your videos are great!

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