Asked by Makayla

Select the correctly punctuated sentence.

"Bill," James said, "It's really you!"
"Bill James said, "It's really you!"

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Neither is correct.

Correct forms (choose based on intended meaning):
- If James’s second line is a new sentence: "Bill," James said. "It's really you!"
- If the whole spoken line is one sentence split by the tag: "Bill," James said, "it's really you!"

Explanation: When a quote is split and the second half continues the same sentence, use a comma after the first quote and a lowercase letter to continue. If the second half is a separate sentence, end the tag with a period and capitalize the second quoted sentence.