What is the best way to punctuate the bolded portion of the sentence?

English

2 answers:

RSB [31]3 years ago

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Answer: D) “We have a problem;”

Explanation: one of the must common uses of quotation marks is to quote a word, phrase or sentence that somebody else said. When we use quotation marks followed by a punctuation mark (comma, colon, semicolon, etc) we should place the punctuation mark before the ending quotation marks. So, from the given options, the one that correctly places the semicolon is option D.

Svetllana [295]3 years ago

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The best way to punctuate the bolded portion of the sentence would be

<span>“We have a problem;” which is the 4th option.
</span>
This would make the complete sentence read as the following:

<span>Jill remarked, “We have a problem;" she went on to give details.</span>

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