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theghost22:

Which of these statements is punctuated properly? "You're kidding she said". You are not going in there. "You're kidding" she said "You are not going in there." "You're kidding," she said. "You are not going in there." "You're kidding, she said. You are not going in there."

theghost22:

\@dude @Ultrilliam

theghost22:

@dude

theghost22:

@YoursTruly

theghost22:

it was C

Elsa213:

Quotations only go around the quote. The first choice is incorrect because the character didn't say `she said` and `You are not going in there.` was not in quotation marks.

Elsa213:

The second choice is incorrect because it's missing a comma in `"You're kidding"`. It should be `You're kidding,` since the quote was not completed.

Elsa213:

The last choice is incorrect because the whole thing is in quotations. It should only be quoted around the character's words.

Elsa213:

I apologize for the late response.

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