Question

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

"Let's get going," Ginnie shouted, "it's getting dark!"
"Let's get going, Ginnie shouted, It's getting dark!"
"Let's get going!," Ginnie shouted "It's getting dark!"
"Let's get going!" Ginnie shouted. "It's getting dark!"

Answer 1

which one do you think?

Answer 2

why the third one?

Answer 3

You might try saying (pronouncing) each of the four possible answers. Does that help you decide which answer is likeliest to be correct? You do need to explain your choice(s) here.