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Q&A Where does the question mark go in Harvard Referencing when quoting a question with a citation at the end of a sentence (not itself a question)?

Independent of the Referencing system, your option (1) seems the most reasonable: you are quoting the question correctly and entirely, i.e. the text inside the double-quotes is exactly the text y...

posted 7y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-18T21:34:21Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:39:27Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T07:39:27Z (about 5 years ago)
Independent of the Referencing system, your option (1) seems the most reasonable:

1. you are quoting the question correctly and entirely, i.e. the text inside the double-quotes is exactly the text you wanted to quote.
2. you are closing your sentence with a full-stop, and that is correct given that it is a statement and not a question
3. you are closing your sentence with a full-stop, so that the reader knows that there is no further text belonging to this statement.
#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-01-10T14:16:37Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 2