Proper grammar with a quote nested in a parenthesis.

[Passions]

Which is the proper grammar for this?? I'm kinda confused where the period goes.

a. (The city name is "White Sands.")

b. (The city name is "White Sands".)

c. (The city name is "White Sands").

 

[hypn0tik]

You lack teh poll.

 

[yosuke188]

I think c, that is according to MLA format.

 

[RapidSnail]

 

[Skeeedunt]

I don't really know, but I voted the second one.

 

[RapidSnail]

We have three options:

a. (The city name is "White Sands.")

b. (The city name is "White Sands".)

c. (The city name is "White Sands").

We can immediately eliminate "B" as an option, because we know that if a period is required within a parenthetical element ending with a phrase in quotations that it must be inside the quotations.

Now we are left with choices "A" and "C."

Either a period is required within the parenthetical element, or it isn't. If it is, than "A" would be the correct answer. If it is not, than there would be no grammatically correct choice, because if it is not required, than there should be no period on the outside of the parenthetical element. This is because a period outside of a parenthetical element in the middle of a sentence would effectively end the sentence at that point. The choice "C" could only be correct if no period was required inside of a parenthetical element and the parenthetical element was placed at the end of a sentence. If a period was not required, than the correct choice would be:

d. (The city name is "White Sands")

Thus, knowing that "B" is not viable, neither "C," that leaves "A" as the only choice, and the correct one at that.

The answer is "A."

 

[blue1friday2]

Originally posted by: yosuke188
I think c, that is according to MLA format.

That would be correct for a citation, but not a sentece in parenthesis.

 

[ts3433]

B uses the British convention for punctuation with quotation marks. I presume that you are American, so use A.

 

[SVT Cobra]

It is A I believe.

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
It is A I believe.

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: RapidSnail

The answer is "A."

 

[preslove]

None of them.

 

[RapidSnail]

Originally posted by: RapidSnail
We have three options:

a. (The city name is "White Sands.")

b. (The city name is "White Sands".)

c. (The city name is "White Sands").

We can immediately eliminate "B" as an option, because we know that if a period is required within a parenthetical element ending with a phrase in quotations that it must be inside the quotations.

Now we are left with choices "A" and "C."

Either a period is required within the parenthetical element, or it isn't. If it is, than "A" would be the correct answer. If it is not, than there would be no grammatically correct choice, because if it is not required, than there should be no period on the outside of the parenthetical element. This is because a period outside of a parenthetical element in the middle of a sentence would effectively end the sentence at that point. The choice "C" could only be correct if no period was required inside of a parenthetical element and the parenthetical element was placed at the end of a sentence. If a period was not required, than the correct choice would be:

d. (The city name is "White Sands")

Thus, knowing that "B" is not viable, neither "C," that leaves "A" as the only choice, and the correct one at that.

The answer is "A."

I should also note that if these parenthetical elements were to come at the end of a sentence, the would have to have a period outside of their parentheses. But because choices "A" and "B" do not, we can assume that they are ment to be in the middle of a sentence.

With these assumptions in mind, we can surely construe that my previous post is correct.

 

[imported_LoKe]

A, at least, that's how I do it.

 

[Random Variable]

A, but I would put it in italics.

(The name of the city is White Sands.)

 

[Yossarian]

I vote B. I thought the period only went inside the quotation if it was quoted speech.