Standard English ConventionsHardQuestion mark inside a quoted question with attribution
Standard English Conventions practice question
"Is the museum open on ____ she asked.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. Mondays?"Correct
- B. Mondays,"
- C. Mondays."
- D. Mondays"?
Answer: A. Mondays?"
The quotation is a question, so the question mark goes inside the closing quotation mark.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Mondays,"
- A comma is for a quoted statement, not a question.
- C. Mondays."
- A full stop would make the question a statement.
- D. Mondays"?
- The question mark belongs to the quotation and goes inside.
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