Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. "We had not even run a half a mile before I heard, I give up! I can't take anymore!"
B. We had not even run a half a mile before I heard, "I give up! I can't take anymore"!
C. We had not even run a half a mile before I heard, "I give up! I can't take anymore!"
D. "We had not even run a half a mile before I heard," I give up! I can't take anymore!

Question

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
	A. 	"We had not even run a half a mile before I heard, I give up! I can't take anymore!"
	B. 	We had not even run a half a mile before I heard, "I give up! I can't take anymore"!
	C. 	We had not even run a half a mile before I heard, "I give up! I can't take anymore!"
	D. 	"We had not even run a half a mile before I heard," I give up! I can't take anymore!

anonymous · Answer

C

anonymous · Answer

You can rule out A & D first because the quotation marks are not surrounding the dialogue. B is incorrect because because the exclamation mark must be inside the quotation marks. This means that your only choice left is C.