Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling

Question 1

Which quotation is punctuated correctly?

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B: According to Dr. Clemons, “Keats demonstrated a keen sense of delivery.”

Question 2

Which quotation is correctly capitalized?

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B: The author explained that he “had begun to write a masterpiece.”

Question 3

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.—"The Gettysburg Address," Abraham LincolnWhich quotation correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten Lincoln’s words?

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C: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation . . . dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

Question 4

Which sentence has the correct comma placement?

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C: Mark Twain was fond of condemning lying by saying, “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

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