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Select the correctly punctuated sentence.
"Do you like," asked Sandra, "to read fiction or nonfiction"?
"Do you like," asked Sandra, "to read fiction or nonfiction?"
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The second sentence is correct:
"Do you like," asked Sandra, "to read fiction or nonfiction?"
Explanation: the question mark belongs inside the quotation marks because the quoted material is a question. When a quotation is split by a dialogue tag, the first half ends with a comma and the second half retains the terminal punctuation.
(You could also write it more naturally as: "Do you like to read fiction or nonfiction?" or "Do you," asked Sandra, "like to read fiction or nonfiction?")
"Do you like," asked Sandra, "to read fiction or nonfiction?"
Explanation: the question mark belongs inside the quotation marks because the quoted material is a question. When a quotation is split by a dialogue tag, the first half ends with a comma and the second half retains the terminal punctuation.
(You could also write it more naturally as: "Do you like to read fiction or nonfiction?" or "Do you," asked Sandra, "like to read fiction or nonfiction?")
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