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If the quote is a question, the question mark goes before the end quotation mark.If the quote is not a question but is in a sentence which is a question, the question mark goes after the end quotation mark. Is the question mark placed correctly in the following sentence? Did she really say, "Alice cannot come to the party"?

yes

Is the period placed correctly in this sentence? McDermott says, "Jones wrote an article called 'Health Problems Are Related to Sleep Deprivation.'"

yes

Should there be a question mark in this sentence? Did Jones write an article called "Sleep Deprivation is Related to Health Problems"

yes

Should there be a question mark in this sentence? Is Jones's statement that "sleep deprivation is related to health problems" accurate

yes

Should there be a question mark? McDermott asks, "What types of health-related problems are related to sleep deprivation"

yes

When a sentence contains a quote, should there still be appropriate end punctuation such as a period or question mark at the end of the sentence?

yes

A signal phrase, also called an identifying tag, is a group of words that signal who says a quote. What is the punctuation rule concerning a signal phrase?

A signal phrase must be separated from the quote with a comma or commas if the signal phrase is in the middle of a quote.

Is Jones's statement that "sleep deprivation is related to health problems" accurate If there should be a question mark in this sentence, the question mark goes

After the word <em>accurate</em>

If there should be a question mark, where should it go? Did Jones write an article called "Sleep Deprivation is Related to Health Problems"

After the end quotation mark

"Sleep deprivation is the cause of many health-related problems" according to Jones. If there should be a comma in this sentence, where should it go?

Before the end quotation mark

According to Jones, "Sleep deprivation is the cause of many health-related problems" If there is supposed to be a period, where does the period go?

Before the end quotation mark

If there should be a question mark, where does it go? McDermott asks, "What type of health-related problems are related to sleep deprivation"

Before the end quotation mark

Which of the following is punctuated correctly with commas and uses capitals correctly in the quotation marks.

Jones says that "there is a need for humans to get a good night's rest."

When a comma or period is supposed to be next to an end quotation mark, where does the comma or period go?

before the end quotation mark

"Sleep deprivation is the cause of many health-related problems" according to Jones. Should there be a comma in this sentence?

yes

According to Jones, "Sleep deprivation is the cause of many health-related problems" Should there be a period in this sentence?

yes

The rule for placing a required question mark next to an end quotation mark is

The question mark goes before the end quotation mark when what is enclosed in the quotation marks is a question

When there must be quotation marks inside quotation marks, the rule is

to use single quotation marks around the words inside the quotation marks that have to have quotation marks

Since one of the rules for commas is to separate out a signal phrase, when the word that is used, it should not be followed by a comma.

true

Using the word that after words that say who says the quote changes a signal phrase to just words that are part of sentence.

true