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Pronoun Agreement and Reference

Question 1 • GA-Literature and Composition III A

Which quotation is punctuated correctly?

Answer
A
In all his years, Dr. Connors “never understood the power of creative thought”.
B
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a “beacon of hope in an otherwise bleak time”.
C
As the famous musician said “the harmonica is the instrument of poets.”
D
According to President Roosevelt, “The world was at the brink of war.”

Explanation

In American English, periods and commas go inside closing quotation marks. Choice D correctly uses a comma to introduce the quotation and places the period inside the closing quotation mark. In A and B, the periods are outside the quotation marks, while C is missing a comma before the quotation.

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