Question
Which version of sentence 4 (reproduced below) uses punctuation correctly?
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars” she writes.
A.
NO CHANGE
B.
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars,” she writes.
C.
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars, she writes.”
D.
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars”, she writes.
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars” she writes.
A.
NO CHANGE
B.
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars,” she writes.
C.
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars, she writes.”
D.
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars”, she writes.
Answers
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GPT-4o mini
The correct version is B:
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars,” she writes.
In this version, the comma is placed correctly inside the quotation marks before the dialogue tag ("she writes").
“Once up against the sky it's hard / to tell them from the stars,” she writes.
In this version, the comma is placed correctly inside the quotation marks before the dialogue tag ("she writes").
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