Tag: inverted commas/quotation marks

Questions Related to inverted commas/quotation marks

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined part of the sentence:
My grandfather always taught me, do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

inverted commas/quotation marks punctuation english

  1. My grandfather always taught me, do unto others as you would have them do unto you!

  2. My grandfather always taught me, do unto others as you would have them do unto you?

  3. My grandfather always taught me, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The given sentence cites direct words of a speaker, this speech should be enclosed within quotation marks. However, the quoted text is a declaratory sentence, that ends with a period. Thus, according to the rule, the correct form of writing the sentence will be, as given in Option C.
Option A is incorrect, as the direct speech is not enclosed within quotation marks and an exclamation mark is used to indicate strong feelings or high volume.
Option B is incorrect, as question marks are used to indicate an interrogative clause. The direct speech is also not enclose with quotation marks here.

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined part of the sentence:
Really girls, you are both to be blamed, said Meg, beginning to lecture in her elder-sisterly fashion.

inverted commas/quotation marks punctuation english

  1. "Really girls, you are both to be blamed," said Meg, "beginning to lecture in her elder-sisterly fashion."

  2. "Really girls, you are both to be blamed," said Meg, beginning to lecture in her elder-sisterly fashion.

  3. Really girls, you are both to be blamed, said Meg, " beginning to lecture in her elder-sisterly fashion."

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Quotation marks are used to indicate material that is being reproduced word for word. In the given sentence, only the first part of the sentence is in direct form of speech and it should be enclosed within quotations. Thus, the correct answer is Option B,
Option A and C are incorrect because the part of the sentence that is not direct is also enclosed within quotation marks.
Option D does not enclose the direct speech within quotation marks.

I stopped and asked her, do you not wish to live in your own country.

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.

inverted commas/quotation marks punctuation english

  1. I stopped and asked her, do you not wish to live in your own country?

  2. I stopped and asked her, "Do you not wish to live in your own country?"

  3. I stopped and asked her, "Do you not wish to live in your own country!"

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The given sentence cites direct words of a speaker, this speech should be enclosed within quotation marks. The speech is in the form of a question to the listener, such a sentence should end with a question mark. Thus, according to the rules, the correct form of writing the sentence will be, as given in Option B.
Option A is incorrect, as the direct speech is not enclosed within quotation marks.
Option C is incorrect, as exclamation marks are used to indicate a speech of strong feelings or high volume.

Choose the option which correctly punctuates the sentence:

He wrote, "I will return soon," Jim said to me.

inverted commas/quotation marks punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. He wrote, "I will return soon, Jim said to me."

  3. "He wrote, 'I will return soon,' " Jim said to me.

  4. "He wrote, I will return soon," Jim said to me.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Quotation marks are used to indicate material that is being reproduced word for word. Quotes within quotation marks are marked using single quotes. Thus, the correct answer should be Option C.
Option A and B are incorrect as, the correct part of speech is not enclosed within quotation marks.
Option D is incorrect because the quote within the quotations is not punctuated correctly.