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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Coach “says it’s best to warm up your muscles first,” then stretch carefully before you run.
Coach says it’s best to “warm up your muscles first, then stretch carefully before you run.”
Coach says, it’s best to warm up your muscles first, then stretch carefully before you run.
Coach says, “it’s best to warm up your muscles first, then stretch carefully before you run.”
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Correct:
Coach says it’s best to “warm up your muscles first, then stretch carefully before you run.”
Why:
- Option 2 correctly quotes the exact words being spoken; the quoted material is a complete clause and the terminal period is inside the closing quotation mark (American style).
- Option 1 misplaces the quotation marks around the verb “says.”
- Option 3 wrongly inserts a comma after “says” for indirect speech (no comma is needed).
- Option 4 should capitalize “It’s” at the start of the quoted sentence: Coach says, “It’s best….”
Coach says it’s best to “warm up your muscles first, then stretch carefully before you run.”
Why:
- Option 2 correctly quotes the exact words being spoken; the quoted material is a complete clause and the terminal period is inside the closing quotation mark (American style).
- Option 1 misplaces the quotation marks around the verb “says.”
- Option 3 wrongly inserts a comma after “says” for indirect speech (no comma is needed).
- Option 4 should capitalize “It’s” at the start of the quoted sentence: Coach says, “It’s best….”
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