Asked by tt

Which of these sentences uses quotation marks and other punctuation correctly?


a. “I tried to argue,” Joe said. “but the referee just ordered me to “quiet down!””


b. “I tried to argue,” Joe said, “but the referee just ordered me to ‘quiet down!’”


c. “I tried to argue,” Joe said, “But the referee just ordered me to ‘quiet down!’”


d. “I tried to argue.” Joe said, “but the referee just ordered me to ‘quiet down’!”

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b

Explanation: The dialogue tag correctly splits the sentence ("I tried to argue," Joe said, "but..."), "but" is lowercase because the quoted sentence continues, and the nested quotation uses single quotes with the exclamation inside them (‘quiet down!’).