can you help place quotation marks, commas, and periods where appropriate.

My professor told us my favorite story by James Joyce is called The Dead Harold wrote I regret that I am unable to attend the fundraiser for AIDS research his letter, however contained a substantial contribution. My father asked me when do you plan on coming home for dinner. Fred said The distributor cap on my car is cracked

Please post your corrections. Then I'll be glad to correct your punctuation.

5. My professor told us my favorite story by James Joyce is called, The Dead.

6. Harold wrote, I regret that I am unable to attend the fundraiser for AIDS research his letter, however contained a substantial contribution.
7. My father asked me, “When do you plan on coming home for dinner?”
8. Fred said the distributor cap on my car is cracked.

5. "The Dead."

6. wrote, "I regret . . . research." His . . .

7. Right.

8. Right.

Certainly! Here is your corrected sentence with the appropriate punctuation marks:

"My professor told us, 'My favorite story by James Joyce is called The Dead,'" Harold wrote. "I regret that I am unable to attend the fundraiser for AIDS research," his letter, however, contained a substantial contribution.

"My father asked me, 'When do you plan on coming home for dinner?'" Fred said, "The distributor cap on my car is cracked."

Explanation:

In the first sentence, quotation marks are used to indicate the professor's statement: "My professor told us, 'My favorite story by James Joyce is called The Dead.'"

In the second sentence, quotation marks are used to enclose Harold's words: "I regret that I am unable to attend the fundraiser for AIDS research."

The comma after "letter" is used to separate the introductory phrase "his letter, however" from the main clause.

In the third sentence, quotation marks are used to enclose the direct question asked by the father: "When do you plan on coming home for dinner?"

Finally, quotation marks are used to designate Fred's words: "The distributor cap on my car is cracked."