Question

It was a rainy day, but Joan and I had planned a trip. Joan wanted to go to the beach for a swim. I wasn't sure if we should go.
"I think we should wait a little longer... at least until the rain shows some signs of slowing down," I suggested.
"We can't swim without getting wet anyway," replied Joan, questioning my choice of swimsuit--the one my mom had bought at a secondhand store.
I put the punctuation in the choices are , ... or- its not a hyphen its a dash. they can be used more then once.
do you think this is right?

Answer 1

Read about the ellipsis here:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm

Read about dashes here:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/dash.htm

Read about commas here:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

Then make corrections.

Answer 2

Did you figure it all out? The ellipsis (...) is used to indicate missing words in a quoted work, not a pause or a shift in content.

Here's what you should have done:

<i>"I think we should wait a little <b>longer, at least</b> until the rain shows some signs of slowing down," I suggested.
"We can't swim without getting wet anyway," replied Joan, questioning my choice of <b>swimsuit, the one</b> my mom had bought at a secondhand store. </i>

Answer 3

thank-you