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OpenStudy (yinshy):

Is the passage of dialogue written correctly or incorrectly? "Where are we going?" asked Riley. "They finally opened the bridge across the bay," explained Henry. "Oh, that's good news," said Riley. A. correctly B. incorrectly

OpenStudy (hurlimanduncan9696):

correctly

Elsa213 (elsa213):

No direct answers please. Thank you.

OpenStudy (saucvi):

I think the last two sentences should end with periods though...

OpenStudy (yinshy):

so A?

OpenStudy (saucvi):

No, since they end with commas instead of the periods, I would say that it is incorrect.

OpenStudy (yinshy):

soB

OpenStudy (saucvi):

Yes (:

RhondaSommer (rhondasommer):

I would agree; that they are correct. I see no grammatical errors :)

RhondaSommer (rhondasommer):

um actually; the sentences are supposed to end with commas

RhondaSommer (rhondasommer):

@saucvi

RhondaSommer (rhondasommer):

Its grammatically correct I promise you.

RhondaSommer (rhondasommer):

I am 100% sure

OpenStudy (yinshy):

is it?

OpenStudy (saucvi):

I had thought so originally but now I am entirely confused. http://theeditorsblog.net/2010/12/08/punctuation-in-dialogue/ !!! please review this link !!! it will help you gain an opinion of your own. I had seen before it needed to be a period, and I have seen it's okay to have a comma.

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