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Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, ‘A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.’
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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The third sentence is punctuated correctly:
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
Explanation: A complete-sentence quotation is introduced with a comma after the reporting clause, and in American English direct quotes use double quotation marks with the period placed inside the closing quote.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
Explanation: A complete-sentence quotation is introduced with a comma after the reporting clause, and in American English direct quotes use double quotation marks with the period placed inside the closing quote.
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