Question

"What we can confirm is that talks are going on", Konstantin Kreidenko, a spokesman for the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, told Reuters on Tuesday.In order to be punctuated correctly, how must the sentence above be rewritten?
A.


This sentence is punctuated correctly and does not need to be rewritten.


B.


"What we can confirm is that talks are going on." Konstantin Kreidenko, a spokesman for the Russian Aviation and Space Agency told Reuters on Tuesday.


C.


"What we can confirm is that talks are going on" Konstantin Kreidenko, a spokesman for the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, told Reuters on Tuesday.


D.


"What we can confirm is that talks are going on," Konstantin Kreidenko, a spokesman for the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, told Reuters on Tuesday.

Answer 1

Answer:

D.  "What we can confirm is that talks are going on," Konstantin Kreidenko, a spokesman for the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, told Reuters on Tuesday.

Explanation:

In American English, quotations are separated with a comma from their introductory phrase. In that respect, in this sentence, the comma goes within the closing quotation mark.  

The rest of the options are incorrect because the sentence is not correctly punctuated, and quotations cannot be separated from their explanatory phrase with a period or without any punctuation marks.