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 30.

example

Sarita told me that “she met her new boyfriend through an online dating service.”

a. Sarita told me that she met her new boyfriend through an online dating service.

b. Sarita told me, “that she met her new boyfriend through an online dating service.”

c. Correct

  1. Question

    I never thought I would use the Internet for dating, but it really worked, she said.

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    		B.
    		C.
    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.: I never thought I would use the Internet for dating, but it really worked, she said.

  2. Question

    Sarita remembered “how easy it was to look up profiles of men with her interests and to pick the best candidates.”

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    		B.
    		C.
    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.: Sarita remembered “how easy it was to look up profiles of men with her interests and to pick the best candidates.”

  3. Question

    She said, I could tell right away if I wasn’t going to have anything in common with a person.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    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.: She said, I could tell right away if I wasn’t going to have anything in common with a person.

  4. Question

    “I could also tell a lot about a guy’s personality by the way he expressed himself,” she added.

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    		B.
    		C.
    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.: “I could also tell a lot about a guy’s personality by the way he expressed himself,” she added.

  5. Question

    Sarita said the hardest part of the experience was going on trial dates to see if her original impressions of candidates were correct.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    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.: Sarita said the hardest part of the experience was going on trial dates to see if her original impressions of candidates were correct.

  6. Question

    She knew that there was no future with one man when he arrived a half hour late and told her, I had something else to do first.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    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.: She knew that there was no future with one man when he arrived a half hour late and told her, I had something else to do first.

  7. Question

    “He apparently thought that I was happy to wait around for him forever,” she said exasperatedly.

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    		B.
    		C.
    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.: “He apparently thought that I was happy to wait around for him forever,” she said exasperatedly.

  8. Question

    Sarita told me that “I should think about online dating.”

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    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.: Sarita told me that “I should think about online dating.”

  9. Question

    I found a great person, she said, and you could too.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    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.: I found a great person, she said, and you could too.

  10. Question

    I told her that I appreciated the advice but that I’m happy being single right now.

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    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.: I told her that I appreciated the advice but that I’m happy being single right now.