Question

Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly? ‘Most people don’t know that riding is great exercise,’ Kim confided. My horse, Kim explained, is one of my closest friends. Kim said, I hope to compete in barrel riding next year. “My first horse will always be my favorite,” Kim admitted.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. "My first horse will always be my favorite," Kim admitted.

Explanation:

Quotation marks ("), also known as talking marks are punctuation marks just like commas (;) or semicolons (;) , according to grammar quotation marks are mainly use to for direct quotes, which means quotation marks shows the reader the words between the quotation marks are the exact words said by someone who is not the author of the text, also quotation marks are used to refer to the title of books and other works. In this way, according to grammar all the words that refer to the words said by someone should be between double quotations ("), additionally, commas and periods should be placed inside them and the first letter should be capitalized if a whole sentence is being quoted. Thus,  "My first horse will always be my favorite," Kim admitted. uses quotation marks correctly because it uses double quotations to cite the words of Kim, places a comma between quotations and the first word is capitalized which is the correct use of quotation marks according to grammar.

Answer 2

The last sentence because you need to use quotations ( " ) when writing a direct quote from someone. Don't use apostrophes ( ' ) like in the first sentence.