Choose the sentence that correctly integrates quotation marks and punctuation.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. "The archaeological site is remarkably well preserved," remarked the expedition director.
- Step 1: Under standard American publishing conventions (followed by EST and SAT), commas and periods always go inside the closing quotation marks.
- Step 2: Therefore, '...remarkably well preserved,' remarked... is properly punctuated.
Answer
"The archaeological site is remarkably well preserved," remarked the expedition director.
Why not the others: The sentence with the comma after the closing quotation mark places the comma outside the quotation marks (British style); the sentence with no comma before the attribution tag omits the required comma; the sentence with 'preserved;"' introduces an erroneous semicolon inside the dialogue.
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