A)When she told him those socks are interesting she meant the socks looked ridiculous.
B)When she told him "Those socks are interesting" she meant the socks looked ridiculous.
C)When she told him, "Those socks are interesting," she meant the "socks looked ridiculous."
D)When she told him "those socks are interesting," she meant, "the socks looked ridiculous."
E)When she told him, "Those socks are interesting," she meant the socks looked ridiculous.
witch on is correct?
Which one do you think is punctuated correctly?
i put D but im not sure.. i suck at grammar:/
All those are indirect speech, not direct address. Therefore, no quotation marks are needed at all.
from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
"We do not enclose indirect quotations in quotation marks. An indirect quotation reports what someone says but not in the exact, original language. Indirect quotations are not heard in the same way that quoted language is heard.
"The President said that NAFTA would eventually be a boon to small businesses in both countries.
Professor Villa told her students the textbooks were not yet in the bookstore."
Or it could be E if you intend for the first to be direct address and the second to be indirect.
Option E) "When she told him, 'Those socks are interesting,' she meant the socks looked ridiculous" is the correct answer.
In this sentence, the phrase "Those socks are interesting" is enclosed within quotation marks and correctly punctuated with a comma. The word "meant" is also properly placed and followed by a comma before the quoted phrase. This punctuation usage is necessary to convey the intended meaning and ensure clarity in written communication.