Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
A) He asked “Who do you think you are”?
B) He asked, “Who do you think you are”?
C) He asked, “Who do you think you are?”
D) He asked “Who do you think you are?”
I answered C
Right.
C is correct! :)
Correct! The sentence C) "He asked, 'Who do you think you are?'" is punctuated correctly.
To determine the correct punctuation, it is important to understand the rules for punctuating direct quotations. In this case, the sentence contains a direct quotation within the sentence.
In general, when punctuating direct quotations, you should use quotation marks to indicate the beginning and end of the quotation. Additionally, a comma should be placed before the opening quotation mark.
Looking at the options, A) lacks a comma before the opening quotation mark, B) has a comma but no closing quotation mark, and D) has both opening and closing quotation marks but lacks a comma. Therefore, they are not correctly punctuated.
On the other hand, option C) follows the correct punctuation rules. It includes a comma before the opening quotation mark and has both opening and closing quotation marks enclosing the quoted words. This makes C) the correctly punctuated sentence.