How do you punctuate
Did she say, How old are you
Thanks, Susan
Did she say, "How old are you?"
To punctuate the given sentence correctly, you would use the following punctuation:
"Did she say, 'How old are you?'"
Here's how to arrive at this answer:
1. Begin with the sentence: "Did she say, How old are you?"
2. Notice that the sentence is a direct quotation.
3. In direct quotations, you need to use quotation marks to enclose the exact words being reported.
4. In this case, the exact words being reported are "How old are you?" Therefore, you need to enclose them in quotation marks.
5. Place a comma before the opening quotation mark to indicate that someone is speaking.
6. Capitalize the first word of the quoted sentence, since it is the start of a new sentence.
So, the correctly punctuated sentence would be: "Did she say, 'How old are you?'"