Question

Which of the following are correctly punctuated?

Interpol's third album, "Our Love to Admire," did not receive the critical acclaim of its predecessors.
Where did all the apples go?
"I can't stand that song 'Yummy Time;' in fact, if I hear it again, I'll scream," said Brianna.
"She never ran that fast in her life," mused Kelli. "She must have really been in the zone."
Understanding is an ongoing committment, you never just "get" something and then have it forever.

Answer 1

Some guidelines to keep in mind:

- complete works have their titles italicized or underlined, while smaller titles within those works can be put in quotes. Ex: a book title is italicized while the chapter titles go in quotes
- periods and commas go inside quotation marks but other types of punctuation go outside
- you cannot separate independent clauses with a comma alone. You need to a) Split the sentence into two sentences using a period, b) use a comma and a coordinating conjunction, or c) a semicolon (usually only if the two clauses are closely related somehow)

With that in mind, read each sentence again and see if it follows proper punctuation rules. I believe there are two out of five that are correctly punctuated.