Please help me in this grammatical problem?

Question

Which one of the following sentences uses quotation marks correctly?
1. "Some laws," he intoned, "are made to be broken".
2. The title of the first chapter in the new science book is "Introduction to the planet earth".
3. Her short story, "The Last Day Of Spring", won first prize.

thanks

Answer 1

1. "Some laws," he intoned, "are made to be broken".

Because quotation marks are used to denote the spoken word. Of course, that's assuming that the period being outside the quotes is a typo on your part.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hi flower and b:
Well, let's just take a look at what you are asking. Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly? What is a quotation? It is something someone says, right? So does the science book 'say' its title? Don't think so.
Does her short story 'say' its title? Don't think so.
Does the guy talking about laws 'say' anything about them? Bingo!
Do you get the point? The two titles should either be enclosed in single quote marks (that looks like an apostrophe) or italicized. But unless somebody says something, it doesn't go in quotation marks.

Answer 4

In 1. it is incorrect because the period should be within the quotation marks. Using quotation marks to separate dialog is correct.


In 2. It is incorrect because the period should be within the quotation marks. Using quotation marks to enclose a title of an article or short story is correct.

In 3. It is incorrect, because the comma should be within the quotation marks. Short stories are denoted with quotation marks, so if the structure weren't wrong, this too, would be correct.

Book titles are underlined. Short stories, poems, and chapter names are all in quotations.

So, they are all grammatically incorrect.

Answer 5

1."Some laws," he intoned, "are made to be broken." period inside quotes.
2. The title of the first chapter in the new science book is "Introduction to the planet Earth." period inside quotes.
3. Her short story, "The Last Day of Spring," won first prize. comma inside quote.

Answer 6

Number 3 Is Correct

Use quotation marks [ “ ” ] to set off material that represents quoted or spoken language. Quotation marks also set off the titles of things that do not normally stand by themselves: short stories, poems, and articles. (http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm)

Also, the comma is not required with in the quotation marks because it is a title not a direct spoken quote.

#1 is incorrect because the period is outside of the quotation marks.

#2 is incorrect because quotations are not needed.

BTW: This is assuming you are referencing American Grammar rules. Other english speaking countries have small variations with these rules regarding the punction in / out of [ " " ].

Answer 7

1. It's a direct quote and requires quotation marks.

Not:
2. Chapter titles do not use quotations.
3. Doesn't need quotation marks.

Answer 8

# 1 is the only grammatically correct one,
as it is identifying what he said, which is
"Some laws are made to be broken"
he intoned, is a commentary added in by
either a writer, speaker, etc.

2 and 3 need not have the quotation marks

Good luck!

Answer 9

Well, it depends on the punctuation.

The periods or commas should be inside the quotation marks - so, either the first or the third could be correct, depending on whether or not the punctuation is correct. (and short stories are in quotes - only longer works get underlined).

Answer 10

What is incorrect about 1 and 2?