Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumQuestion mark for a direct question
Standard English Conventions practice question
The ranger stopped the group at the fork and asked, 'Which path did you take on the way ____
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. up?'Correct
- B. up.'
- C. up'?
- D. up?'.
Answer: A. up?'
A direct quoted question ends with a question mark inside the closing quotation mark.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. up.'
- A period would treat the question as a statement.
- C. up'?
- The question mark belongs to the quoted question, so it goes inside the quotation mark.
- D. up?'.
- No period follows a question mark.
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