Simon Finch made money by practicing medicine and he made a living out of cotton.
The answer is would be the first one
Answer:
The correctly punctuated quotation seems to be the first one:
According to Dr. Brock at the Amazon Institute, "capybaras have webbed feet for swimming and can even sleep underwater by keeping their nose just above the surface for breathing."
Explanation:
We can easily eliminate the last two options, since their use of quotation marks is completely wrong. Quotation marks are supposed to establish, so to speak, where the quote begins and where it ends. That is, they are supposed to show which words belong to the person being mentioned, separating them from the author's words. In the last two options, the marks are including words that were not said by Dr. Brock.
<u>Now, when it comes to the first two options, we need to be careful because they are very similar. They are both using the quotation marks correctly. They also include the period before the last quotation mark, which is also correct. The difference between them seems to be only the capitalization of "Capybaras" in the second one. Such capitalization is unnecessary, which is why I believe the first option is the best choice.</u>
Amy Tan (author of the Joy Luck Club) has written an absolutely terrific piece on what a well educated daughter (Tan) thinks of her mother's "spirited" English. It is an essay that is a masterpiece of its kind.
She explains in detail why her mother's English and how it is written doesn't matter. Her mother has other qualities that her language emphasizes. What matters is how well her mother is able to express herself ignoring all the usual rules of syntax.
From Tan's description, I have to say that C is the best answer.
If the lady speaks only Chinese, the meaning of the phrase means absolutely nothing. It is just sounds. D is wrong.
B is possible, but it would not be true for every idiomatic phrase. So I wouldn't pick B.
A has the same problem as D. I would stick with C
