Exclamation Points and Parentheses
Put the exclamation point inside the parentheses when it applies to the words inside the parentheses. ... Put the exclamation point outside the parentheses if it applies to the whole sentence.
What does an exclamation mark in brackets mean?
An exclamation mark can be inserted within parentheses to emphasize a word within a sentence. ... (Do not add a period after such a sentence that ends with the title's exclamation mark. The exclamation mark will also suffice to end the sentence.)
Does an exclamation mark go before or after a bracket?
Using other punctuation with brackets
Include full stops/exclamation marks/question marks/quotation marks before the close bracket only if the complete sentence/quote is in brackets. Otherwise, punctuate after the closing bracket.
