Standard English ConventionsHardComma before an attribution
Standard English Conventions practice question
"We leave at ____ the captain said.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. dawn,"Correct
- B. dawn."
- C. dawn"
- D. dawn;"
Answer: A. dawn,"
A quoted statement followed by an attribution ends with a comma inside the closing quotation mark.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. dawn."
- A full stop would end the sentence before the attribution.
- C. dawn"
- No punctuation between the quotation and the attribution.
- D. dawn;"
- A semicolon does not go here.
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