Warning: Computer programming joke ahead. Either way, they're looking at the current romantic situation very, very logically. In my experience, no one uses the left and right braces unless they're a math guy or computer programmer. Meaning: You're approaching this too logically. And that effort hints that you'd be a real hard-working giver in a relationship - or at least into one extremely memorable sexual escapade.
I like to think it sends a subconscious message that you take the extra time to do things right. To learn how to hire her for your next project, go to when you actually take the time to use an apostrophe, it means something. outsideĮrin Servais is a freelance copy editor and copywriter. It’s amazing the doctor said so calmly that he “had two hearts” (exclamation point)ġ. “How much money do you have in your wallet” Ted asked. Did you ask me to “stop and smell the roses” (question mark)ĥ. Stephanie screamed, “Stop pinching me” (exclamation point)Ĥ. “Could you hand me the large sword” Lily asked. I’m so mad she said, “Honey, collate all these papers” (exclamation point)Ģ. Choose whether the punctuation mark goes inside our outside of the quotation marks. After the sentence is either exclamation point or question mark in parentheses. Only a rich guy would say that “all you need is love”! I can’t believe she told me to “enjoy eating some mashed peas”!ĭid Paul say that “all you need is love”? You’ll often see this when someone is referencing something another person said.ĭid she tell me to “go jump off a bridge”? If the quote is not a question or exclamation, the punctuation mark goes outside of the quotation marks.
“How else was I going to fund my start-up company?” her brother asked. “I can’t believe you sold my baseball cards!” Sarah shouted to her brother. Monica asked, “Have you seen my lighter fluid?” If the quote is a question or exclamation, the punctuation mark goes inside the quotation marks. Whether these punctuation marks go inside or outside quotation marks depends on context. However, this is not always the case with exclamation points and question marks. In American English, periods go inside quotation marks. How dare you say that this photo of Blossom “doesn’t make sense with the blog post”!
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