C, because through out the story it reflects back on him being in disguise and how else would she let him in let alone a stranger
On december 31, 2020, merlin company had outstanding 400,000 shares of common stock and 40,000 shares of 8% cumulative preferred stock (par $10). on february 28, 2021, the preferred stock was convertible into 30,000 shares of common stock. merlin issued an additional 36,000 shares of common stock. a 10% stock dividend was declared and distributed on july 1, 2021. on september 1, 2021, 9,000 shares were retired. at year-end, there were fully vested incentive stock options outstanding for 30,000 shares of common stock (adjusted for the stock dividend). the exercise price was $18. the market price of the common stock averaged $20 during the year. also outstanding were $1,000,000 face amount of 10% convertible bonds issued in 2018 and convertible into 50,000 common shares (adjusted for the stock dividend). net income was $900,000. the tax rate for the year was 25%.
When using direct quotations in your writing, the following should be placed outside the set of quotation marks is a semicolon. The correct answer is option c. It is a general rule in the English language that colons and semicolons should be applied outside the quotation marks. Commas, periods and question marks are inside the quotation marks.
The fourth one is punctuated properly I believe.
