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The question mark is supposed to go outside the quote if it is not part of the quote, FYI. Same with exclamation points. Internalizing only happens with periods
by abduhl 5y ago
The question mark is supposed to go outside the quote if it is not part of the quote, FYI. Same with exclamation points. Internalizing only happens with periods and commas.
- JasonFruit 5y agoThat's what it looked like to me, too, but isn't it telling that we can't treat punctuation consistently?
- CiceroCiceronis 5y agoWe can treat it consistently, it just takes a full book-length style guide to do so. Exceptions of exceptions are a frustrating form of consistency, but they are consistent nevertheless.
- JasonFruit 5y agoIn any colloquial sense, the existence of exceptions means there is inconsistency.