What is the correct pucntuation for the sentence:
I often wonder how did I get to be so lucky?
Is it:
I often wonder, " How did I get to be so lucky?"
I often wonder; how did I get to be so lucky?
or something else?
2007-08-28 02:23:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The 2nd version is totally incorrect.
The 1st version is technically grammatically correct. There are certainly other ways to include a "thought-quote" but this one is definitely okay to use.
2007-08-28 02:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by snaggle_smurf 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the first sentence i think is correct
semi-colons are used to link to related sentences together and in your second it makes it look like two different thoughts
try a colon in between wonder and how- that's the best way:
'I often wonder: how did i get to be so lucky?'
2007-08-29 11:34:50 · answer #2 · answered by kelby_lake 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one is correct, if you're quoting the thought exactly.
Otherwise, you'd have to rewrite the sentence to something like this:
I often wonder how I got to be so lucky.
I often wonder why I'm so lucky.
2007-08-28 10:52:47 · answer #3 · answered by Elissa 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Both are correct.
I don't know which one is used more often, but I prefer using the 2nd one.
2007-08-28 22:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by XB 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the second one is correct. The first one would be correct if you added, I often wonder aloud.
2007-08-28 09:52:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Both sentences are grammatically correct. The second is punctuated properly.
2007-08-28 09:31:57 · answer #6 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Drop the "to be" --
2007-08-28 09:36:05 · answer #7 · answered by Wanda K 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋