A, B, and C are correct. D is incorrect.
The quotation mark goes after the punctuation.
17. How is a compound sentence formed?
A. By joining a simple sentence with a dependent clause
B. By joining two simple sentences with a comma and a coordinate conjunction
C. By joining two independent clauses and one dependent clause
D. By joining a dependent and independent clause with a conjunction
B?
20. In which of these sentences are quotation marks used incorrectly?
A. "I could not believe she said, 'I never worry,'" Kate muttered.
B. Raising her hand in warning, she said, "Be gone, you wicked spirit."
C. "Neither a lender nor a borrower be," he said.
D. "What can you possibly mean by that"! she stormed.
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