Question

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

Answer 1

1. The correct answer is A. Melissa said that she would never go on a cruise.

B is incorrect because the question mark has to be inside the quotation marks, not outside of it. C is incorrect because there has to be a comma after the word replied, and there is none. This leaves us with sentence A, which is the correct answer here - it is the correct reported speech.

2. The correct answer is B. Li promised to cut back but asked, “Can I have one soft drink at dinner?”

A is incorrect because you don't need quotation marks for this, or you would have to delete the word to and add a comma, leaving quotation marks in order for this sentence to be correct. C is incorrect because the word sure also has to be inside quotation marks. Therefore, the correct option is B.

Answer 2

1. The sentence that is punctuated correctly is A. Melissa said that she would never go on a cruise.
2. The sentence that is punctuated correctly is B. Li promised to cut back but asked, "Can I have one soft drink at dinner?"