Asked by Bob

Which sentence correctly uses a quotation from "A Modest Proposal"?
Swift explains that some mothers are “forced to employ all their time in stroling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.”
Some mothers are forced to employ all their time in stroling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.
“Swift writes that some mothers are forced to employ all their time in stroling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.”
Swift explains that many mothers have to beg in order to provide food for their children.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The first sentence is correct:

Swift explains that some mothers are “forced to employ all their time in stroling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.”

Why:
- It uses a signal phrase attributing the passage to Swift and places the quoted words in quotation marks.
- (2) lacks quotation marks around the quoted wording.
- (3) incorrectly puts the attribution inside the quotation marks.
- (4) is a correct paraphrase, not a quotation.