Question 28.28. Identify the sentence that is not punctuated correctly. (Points : 5)
"Why did he call you “Bug” just then? Is that your nickname?" she asked.
"Wait," she called, "I've still got to find a copy of the poem ‘Fire and Ice' for the recital."
"Did she say, ‘No more tickets will be sold'?" Ben wondered.
Lucy begged, "Just don't say, ‘Let's do lunch,’ please!"
And you think it's ... ??
No.
Read carefully about single and double quotation marks here:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
Then re-think your answer.
No. That's two guesses that are incorrect.
Now you're on your own.
a, it think i figured it out
To identify the sentence that is not punctuated correctly, we need to carefully examine each sentence and check for any punctuation errors.
In the first sentence, "Why did he call you “Bug” just then? Is that your nickname?" she asked, the punctuation appears to be correct. The question mark is used after the first question, and the sentence ends with a period after the second question.
In the second sentence, "Wait," she called, "I've still got to find a copy of the poem ‘Fire and Ice' for the recital.", there is a minor punctuation error. When using multiple quotations within a sentence, each quote should be separated by a comma. Therefore, the correct punctuation would be: "Wait," she called, "I've still got to find a copy of the poem 'Fire and Ice,' for the recital."
In the third sentence, "Did she say, ‘No more tickets will be sold'?" Ben wondered, the punctuation appears to be correct. The question mark is used at the end of the sentence, and the quotation is enclosed within single quotation marks.
In the fourth sentence, Lucy begged, "Just don't say, ‘Let's do lunch,’ please!", there is a minor punctuation error. When using multiple quotations within a sentence, each quote should be separated by a comma. Therefore, the correct punctuation would be: Lucy begged, "Just don't say, 'Let's do lunch,' please!"
Based on these observations, the sentence that is not punctuated correctly is: "Wait," she called, "I've still got to find a copy of the poem ‘Fire and Ice' for the recital."