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Answered By: Alyssa Mitchell Last Updated: Feb 28, 2018 Views: 36667
Answered By: Alyssa Mitchell
Last Updated: Feb 28, 2018 Views: 36667
When you are ending a sentence with a direct quote that ends in a question mark, you will need to have a period after the parenthetical citation. Since it is a direct quote, you will need to have a citation to show exactly where you got the quote. Here are a couple of examples:
Ex. One common question is "Do you consider this role to have a greater emphasis on counseling or marketing?" (Ziegenfus, 2015, p. 4).
OR
According to Ziegenfus (2015), a common question asked is, "Do you consider this role to have a greater emphasis on counseling or marketing?" (p. 4).
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?" (x, y). or ?" (x, y) ~ no period
In regards to your question about whether to use a period after the citation or not, it is common practice to place a period after the citation. Looking at the examples above, you will see that they both have the period at the end of the citation:
?" (Ziegenfus, 2015, p. 4).
?" (p. 4).
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