Homework Help Forum: English

Posted by rfvv on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:30pm.

1. "What a nice smell!," the man said. 2. "What a nice smell," the man said. 3. "What a nice smell!" the man said. (Which one is grammatically correct? It is about punctuation mark?)

• English - Writeacher, Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:33pm

  #3 is correct; the others have punctuation issues.

  
  

• English - teach123, Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:02am

  Because "What a nice smell" is something you would say with excitement, #3 is correct. If it were another quote like, "I like your shirt," it could look like #1 or #3 because it could be meant enthusiastically (exclamation) or not (declarative).

  
  

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