Question

which sentences have correctly punctuated quotations? select the two that apply.

\im bored.\ freida complained. \would you like to start watching that new tv show?\ eric asked. \that would be wonderful!\ she exclaimed.

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\im bored,\ freida complained. \would you like to start watching that new tv show?\ eric asked. \that would be wonderful!\ she exclaimed.

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Punctuating Dialogue and Quotations
How to place commas, periods, and question marks with quotation marks.

Step 1: Analyze the first sentence

Let's look at the first sentence:
"I'm bored." Freida complained.

• Rule: When a quotation is followed by a dialogue tag (like complained, said, or asked), the punctuation inside the quotation marks should be a comma rather than a period, unless the quote is a question or an exclamation.
• Analysis: Because "Freida complained" is a dialogue tag, the period inside the quotation marks is incorrect. It should be: "I'm bored," Freida complained.
• Conclusion: This sentence is incorrectly punctuated.

Step 2: Analyze the second sentence

Let's look at the second sentence:
"Would you like to start watching that new TV show?" Eric asked.

• Rule: When a quotation is a question, it correctly ends with a question mark inside the quotation marks. The dialogue tag (Eric asked) follows in lowercase (unless it starts with a proper noun like Eric), and the sentence ends with a period.
• Analysis: The question mark is inside the quotation marks, and the dialogue tag is correctly placed.
• Conclusion: This sentence is correctly punctuated.

Step 3: Analyze the third sentence

Let's look at the third sentence:
"That would be wonderful!" she exclaimed.

• Rule: When a quotation is an exclamation, it correctly ends with an exclamation point inside the quotation marks. The dialogue tag (she exclaimed) follows in lowercase, and the sentence ends with a period.
• Analysis: The exclamation point is inside the quotation marks, and the dialogue tag is correctly formatted.
• Conclusion: This sentence is correctly punctuated.

Answer:

The two sentences with correctly punctuated quotations are:

1. "Would you like to start watching that new TV show?" Eric asked.
2. "That would be wonderful!" she exclaimed.