By Punctuation, Exclamation marks

Hey Folks, I thank you both for opening up the question to a much wider scope. While I'm still split on the issue of how to punctuate the end of a parenthetical phrase when using a question mark or an exclamation point, I do know for a fact that when it comes to a period it most certainly goes...

Focus Magazine, September 04: Correspondence is taking longer to read because of poorly punctuated email, according to optometrists at the University of Bradford. They discovered that missing fullstops and capital letters are behind the time-wasting trend. View the full press release here. By...

Hi Matthewg, Actually, I agree with Garbl. I think he is advocating not to capitalize the first letter for aesthetic reasons. If parenthetic sentences are capitalized, then the eye is confused when reading. Remember, people usually read at a fast pace (especially in today's business...

Hi, I've looked through three books, Cochrane's Between you and I, Bryson's Troublesome Words, and The Times Style Guide. None of them give any set rules, just stylistic preferences, but the general preference is to put the final punctuation mark inside the parentheses, and none outside. The...

Hello all, I have a question that is not addressed in any section that I've perused so far, here or elsewhere. I know that punctuation normally goes outside of the parentheses (like this). (However, if the entire sentence goes inside, then keep the punctuation inside as well.) The exception to...

From "A Grammar of Contemporary English", by R. Quirk et al. Both question and exclamation mark exclude the use of other separation punctuation and have the value of a period inasmuch as what follows begins with the capitalisation of a new sentence. But when they co-ocur with the end of...

Hello, momo I don't see anything wrong with your sentences. If you are quoting a question or an exclamation, it makes sense to place the question mark/exclamation mark inside the quotation marks: John asked me, "are you coming to the party?" As for the inclusion of commas and periods, there...

Hello! I'm a French student and I have to write an essay in English. It is about translation (from English to French) and I have difficulties finding websites about the way you type punctuation in English. I know it is different from the way we type in French, but I can't find any explanations of...

Okay, I do not want JUST "Grammer Nazi's enter if you DARE!" to be corrected, I am aware of the errors contained within this sentence. But can you please correct THIS: The WHOLE sentence above. My question is mainly concerned with the punctuation. Since "Grammer Nazi's enter if you DARE!" is a...

The correct spelling of "grammer" is "grammar". "Nazi's", if you mean the plural of Nazi, should be "Nazis" without the apostrophe. The "s" is part of the word. "Grammar Nazis" appears to be a vocative, so I would add a comma after it. Finally, since the exclamation mark functions as full stop,...