Which option shows the correct use of quotations?
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According to NASA, Dr. Robert Goddard had a “lifetime of devoted research and testing.” (NASA 2017)
explain
The option "According to NASA, Dr. Robert Goddard had a “lifetime of devoted research and testing.” (NASA 2017)" shows the correct use of quotations as it includes the exact words spoken or written by someone and is properly cited with the source in parentheses.
The correct use of quotations in this example is:
"According to NASA, Dr. Robert Goddard had a 'lifetime of devoted research and testing.'" (NASA 2017)
In this sentence, the quotation is properly enclosed within single quotation marks because the original sentence already includes double quotation marks. This helps to differentiate between the quotation within the sentence and the quotation used to attribute the source.