period following a quoted material?

Share on Facebook

Anonymous

#428579 Mon, 08 Oct 07 04:35 PM

Would it be, "I was a contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionare?".

I'm asking if the period following the sentence is nessacary in both AP and "universally accepted" style.

Thanks.

Anonymous

Kooyeen

#428621 Mon, 08 Oct 07 07:55 PM

There is no "universally accepted style". Everyone here has their own style. If you want to follow some specific guidelines, read some "style guides" or something, stuff for writers. Or if you write for a living, ask your boss, editor, etc. Smile [:)]

By the way, I would write --> I was a contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"

Smile [:)]

Kooyeen

Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005

Italy

Senior Member (3,798)

Parental Advisory - Explicit Posts

Feebs11

#428644 Mon, 08 Oct 07 08:37 PM

Anonymous wrote:
Would it be, "I was a contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionare?".

I'm asking if the period following the sentence is nessacary in both AP and "universally accepted" style.

Thanks.

This is correct.
Firstly, it is the title of a programme and the question mark is a part of the title, so you need the full stop after in any case. Secondly, when quoting a piece of text which ends with a question mark or an exclamation mark, the same situation applies. Generally full stops and commas are omitted from the end of quotations.

Feebs11

Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006

Senior Member (4,775)

Commas, Question marks, Exclamation marks, Quoting

RSS Feed: ESL General English Grammar Questions