Question

Which sentence shows the correct placement of quotation marks? A. “I wonder,” Phyllis said to her sister, “if we have taken the right action.” B. “I wonder”, Phyllis said to her sister“, if we have taken the right action.” C. “I wonder,” Phyllis said to her sister“, if we have taken the right action.”

Answer 1

A is the correct answer. "I wonder," Phyllis said to her sister, "if we have taken the right action."

Answer 2

Answer:

A. “I wonder,” Phyllis said to her sister, “if we have taken the right action.”

Explanation:

Quotation marks are inverted commas that are used to enclose a part of a text. There are several rues to use them and some of them include: There should always be opening and closing marks and there should not be any type of punctuation at the beginning of the section (as in option B: “, if we have taken the right action.”), however, there can be punctuation marks at the end of the section such as commas, periods and exclamations marks (Option A is the perfect example), while dashes, colons, and semicolons go outside the quotation marks.