Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
A.
The young man exclaimed, “Wow, what fun we had today?!
B.
The young man yelled, “Oh what a wonderful day to go see the seals’.”
C.
The young man said, “It’s a nice day to take a walk in the park.”
D.
The young man asked, “Have you read the “Hobbit”?
The correct answer is:
C. The young man said, “It’s a nice day to take a walk in the park.”
Explanation:
- A. The young man exclaimed, “Wow, what fun we had today?!: This sentence contains incorrect punctuation. The exclamation mark should not be combined with a question mark in this way. Additionally, there should be no punctuation after “today.”
- B. The young man yelled, “Oh what a wonderful day to go see the seals’.”: The apostrophe in “seals’” is incorrect. It should be “seals” without an apostrophe because it’s a plural noun, not a possessive one.
- C. The young man said, “It’s a nice day to take a walk in the park.”: This sentence is punctuated correctly. The comma is placed inside the quotation marks, and the period is also placed inside the quotation marks, which is the correct punctuation for dialogue in American English.
- D. The young man asked, “Have you read the “Hobbit”?: The quotation marks around “Hobbit” are incorrect because the title should be in single quotes or the entire sentence should be punctuated properly with only the outer quotation marks.
Thus, C. The young man said, “It’s a nice day to take a walk in the park.” is the correctly punctuated sentence.