In each pair, click on the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly with other punctuation.
For help with this exercise, see Quotation marks.
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My commanding officer said, “If we wanted you to have children, we would have issued them to you”.
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My commanding officer said, “If we wanted you to have children, we would have issued them to you.”
Quotation marks 2 – 1
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As Emerson wrote in 1849, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
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As Emerson wrote in 1849: “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
Quotation marks 2 – 2
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Andrew Marvell’s most famous poem, “To His Coy Mistress,” is a tightly structured argument.
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Andrew Marvell’s most famous poem, To His Coy Mistress, is a tightly structured argument.
Quotation marks 2 – 3
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Joan was a self-proclaimed “rabid Blue Jays fan”; she went to every home game and even flew to Atlanta for the World Series.
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Joan was a self-proclaimed rabid Blue Jays fan; she went to every home game and even flew to Atlanta for the World Series.
Quotation marks 2 – 4
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The dispatcher’s voice cut through the still night air: “Scout 41, robbery in progress, alley rear of 58th and Blaine.”
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The dispatcher’s voice cut through the still night air, “Scout 41, robbery in progress, alley rear of 58th and Blaine.”
Quotation marks 2 – 5
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Historians Segal and Stineback point out that the English settlers considered epidemics “the hand of God making room for His followers in the “New World”.”
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Historians Segal and Stineback point out that the English settlers considered epidemics “the hand of God making room for His followers in the ‘New World.’”
Quotation marks 2 – 6
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As for the advertisement “Sailors have more fun”, if you consider chipping paint and swabbing decks fun, then you will have plenty of it.
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As for the advertisement “Sailors have more fun,” if you consider chipping paint and swabbing decks fun, then you will have plenty of it.
Quotation marks 2 – 7
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Senator Andrews replied, “Have you ever heard the words to ‘America, the Beautiful,’ Alice?”
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Senator Andrews replied, “Have you ever heard the words to ‘America, the Beautiful,’ Alice”?
Quotation marks 2 – 8
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Stephen Leacock once said “I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
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Stephen Leacock once said, “I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
Quotation marks 2 – 9
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“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing,” quipped Phyllis Diller “is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”
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”Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing,” quipped Phyllis Diller, “is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”