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Which of these sentences uses quotation marks and other punctuation correctly?
“I tried to argue.” Joe said, “but the referee just ordered me to ‘quiet down’!”
“I tried to argue,” Joe said, “But the referee just ordered me to ‘quiet down!’”
“I tried to argue,” Joe said, “but the referee just ordered me to ‘quiet down!’”
“I tried to argue,” Joe said. “but the referee just ordered me to “quiet down!””
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“I tried to argue,” Joe said, “but the referee just ordered me to ‘quiet down!’”
Explanation: When dialogue is split by a tag, place a comma inside the first quotation marks and keep the continuation lowercase. A quotation within a quotation uses single quotes and keeps its own punctuation. The other choices misplace commas/periods, capitalize the continuation incorrectly, or misuse nested quotation marks.
Explanation: When dialogue is split by a tag, place a comma inside the first quotation marks and keep the continuation lowercase. A quotation within a quotation uses single quotes and keeps its own punctuation. The other choices misplace commas/periods, capitalize the continuation incorrectly, or misuse nested quotation marks.
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