Question

Last Saturday, Maya and her brother helped clean their grandmother’s attic. Inside a dusty box, they found an old diary. Maya opened it carefully, and she read the first page aloud. “The Best Memories” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”

Which revision correctly fixes the capitalization error?





(1 point)
Responses

“The Best memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”
“The Best memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”

“The best Memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”
“The best Memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”

“The Best Memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”
“The Best Memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”

“The best memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”

Answer 1

“The best memories,” whispered their grandmother, “are written down so they won’t be forgotten.”

Explanation: Only the first word after the opening quotation mark should be capitalized; "best" and "memories" are not proper nouns.