Question

1. \whenever i learn a new language, i am always reminded of my high-school french teacher who always used to say that practice makes perfect.\ how is this correctly punctuated?

whenever i learn a new language, i am always reminded of my \high-school french teacher,\ who always used to say that practice makes perfect.

whenever i learn a new language, i am always reminded of my high-school french teacher who always used to say \that practice makes perfect.\

whenever i learn a new language, i am always reminded of my high-school french teacher who always used to say that \practice makes perfect\.

as it is

other:

Explanation:

Analyze the original sentence structure

The original sentence uses indirect speech: "reminded of my high-school French teacher who always used to say that practice makes perfect." The word "that" introduces an indirect quotation, which does not require quotation marks.

Evaluate the punctuation of the options

• Option 1 incorrectly places quotation marks around "high-school French teacher," which is not a quote.
• Option 2 places quotation marks around "that practice makes perfect." This is incorrect because "that" should not be inside the quotation marks of a direct quote, and the phrase is presented as indirect speech.
• Option 3 places quotation marks around "practice makes perfect." Since "practice makes perfect" is a well-known maxim being directly quoted as the teacher's catchphrase, enclosing it in quotation marks is correct. The period is correctly placed inside the closing quotation mark.
• Option 4 ("as it is") is incorrect because the original sentence lacks quotation marks for the spoken maxim.

Determine the correct choice

Option 3 correctly punctuates the direct quote of the maxim "practice makes perfect" while keeping the indirect introductory structure "used to say that" outside of the quotation marks.

Answer:

• Whenever I learn a new language, I am always reminded of my "high-school French teacher," who always used to say that practice makes perfect.
• Whenever I learn a new language, I am always reminded of my high-school French teacher who always used to say "that practice makes perfect."
• Whenever I learn a new language, I am always reminded of my high-school French teacher who always used to say that "practice makes perfect." (Correct answer)
• as it is
• Other: