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Punctuation with "The question is..." '.', '?' or ' "... ?" ' [duplicate]
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Position of question mark when sentence doesn't end with question
Take this statement for example:
That's not the question. The question is what was Colonel Mustard ...
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Punctuating a Sentence Containing a Question
If a sentence contains a complete question, but ends with a statement, should it be punctuated with a question mark?
Example:
Could she go to the store, he wondered
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Punctuating a quoted question within a quoted statement
I'm working on a story, and I find myself faced with something of a quandary.
Specifically, I need to know the proper style for the following:
“I have thousands of them,” the commissioner answered,...
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Punctuation placement in speech [duplicate]
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Is it ever acceptable for a period to come after a quote at the end of a sentence?
How much punctuation is appropriate when ending a sentence with a full-sentence quotation?
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Question mark or period?
Is this sentence a question or a statement (or other). It ends with a question, so I used a question mark. (Just ignore the tech jargon.)
I get that this should show me the PID of the SIGTERMing ...
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How to punctuate a quoted rhetorical interrogative sentence that ends a declarative sentence?
Below is the sentence I am writing. I am not sure whether I should just end it with an interrogation mark within the quotes, with a period within the quotes, no in-quote punctuation except ...
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