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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a.“Thunder is good,” said Mark Twain, “But it is lightning that does the work.”
b.“Thunder is good, said Mark Twain, but it is lightning that does the work.”
c.“Thunder is good,” said Mark Twain, “but it is lightning that does the work.”
d.“Thunder is good” said Mark Twain, “but it is lightning that does the work.

i choose B- because i don't think that the B in should be capitalized

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  1. B is not punctuated correctly.

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    Ms. Sue

  2. is it C. why wouldn't it be B

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  4. It's not B because we need quotation marks before "but."

    C is right.

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