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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling

Question 1 • English 3 - Semester 1 Pathways

Which quotation is punctuated correctly?

Answer
A
In all his years, Dr. Connors “never understood the power of creative thought”.
B
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a “beacon of hope in an otherwise bleak time”.
C
As the famous musician said “the harmonica is the instrument of poets.”
D
According to President Roosevelt, “The world was at the brink of war.”

Explanation

In American English, periods go inside closing quotation marks. In D, the quotation is a complete sentence, so it begins with a capital letter and its period appears before the closing quotation mark. A and B put the period outside the quotation marks, while C is missing a comma before the quotation.

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