Which sentence has the correct comma placement? Mark Twain was fond of condemning lying by saying "If you tell the truth, you do
n’t have to remember anything." Mark Twain was fond of condemning lying by, saying "If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything." Mark Twain was fond of condemning lying by saying, "If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything."
Mark Twain was fond of condemning lying by saying, "If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything."
Explanation:
Quotations are usually used with a colon after a sentence. However, they can also be introduced with a comma when there is an introductory phrase before it, such as <em>by saying</em>. On the other hand, when the quotation is introduced in the sentence, the comma is not necessary, like the first sentence.
