Punctuating Direct and Indirect Quotations

For each of the following sentences, choose the option in which quotation marks are used correctly. If the sentence is correct, choose Correct.

For help with this exercise, see chapter 37 of Real Essays 5e.

Example

  1. Sarita told me that “she met her new boyfriend through an online dating service.”
    1. Sarita told me that she met her new boyfriend through an online dating service.
    2. Sarita told me, “that she met her new boyfriend through an online dating service.”
    3. Correct
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  2. Question 1.714

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