Question

Which rule would help you punctuate the bold portion of this sentence correctly? “Of course we’re in a hurry; isn’t the bus about to leave asked the children. A. Question Mark or Exclamation Point Outside Rule B. Colon or Semicolon Inside Rule C. Question Mark or Exclamation Point Inside Rule D. Colon or Semicolon Outside Rule

Answer 1

Which is the bold portion? Assuming that it is, "Of course we're in a hurry; isn't the bus about to leave" asked the children. I would say the answer is C.

Answer 2

The answer to your question would be that the rule that would help you punctuate correctly the bold portion of the sentence is the following one: Question mark or Exclamation Point Inside Rule. That is, the correct option would be B.

You should place a question mark or exclamation point within closing quotation marks if the punctuation applies to the quotation itself. You should place the punctuation outside the closing quotation marks if the punctuation applies to all the sentence.