Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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December 16, 2014

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Quotation Marks in Parenthetical Statement

  • December 16, 2014, 9:23am

"There are, naturally, cases in which the punctuation goes outside the parens in (so-called) American English." -speedwell2

Question marks can go outside of the quotation marks, depending on the situation.

She asked, "Where are you going?"

Did she really call you a "[insert foul language]"?