Multiple choice

Directions: The given question carries four options. You are to mark the correct option after checking the punctuation of each option.

The young girl said if fashions dont change many manufacturers will have to sit idle.

  1. The young girl said, “If fashions dont change many manufacturers will have to sit idle.”

  2. The young girl said, “If fashions don’t change, many manufacturers will have to sit idle.”

  3. The young girl said, “if fashions don’t change, many manufacturers will have to sit idle.”

  4. The young girl said, “If fashions don’t change, many manufacturers will have to sit idle?”
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B Correct answer
Explanation

 The reported speech needs to be kept in quotation marks and begin with a capital letter. 'Do not' is shortened as "don't".

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