Exercise 47.7 Using commas with quotations

Insert a comma in any of the following sentences that require one.

  1. “The public be damned!” William Henry Vanderbilt was reported to have said. “I’m working for my stockholders.”

    Question

    “The public be damned!” William Henry Vanderbilt was reported to have said. “I’m working for my stockholders.”
    “The public be damned!” William Henry Vanderbilt was reported to have said. “I’m working for my stockholders.”
  2. My mother was fond of telling me “You’d make coffee nervous!”

    Question

    My mother was fond of telling me “You’d make coffee nervous!”
    My mother was fond of telling me “You’d make coffee nervous!”
  3. I refuse to believe the old saying that “nice guys finish last.”

    Question

    I refuse to believe the old saying that “nice guys finish last.”
    I refuse to believe the old saying that “nice guys finish last.”
  4. “Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous” Confucius argued.

    Question

    “Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous” Confucius argued.
    “Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous” Confucius argued.
  5. “Do you have any idea who I am?” the well-dressed young man asked belligerently.

    Question

    “Do you have any idea who I am?” the well-dressed young man asked belligerently.
    “Do you have any idea who I am?” the well-dressed young man asked belligerently.