Question

3. Only one of the given sentences is correctly punctuated on
(A) "Why are you so late for the meeting, Robert?" asked Anwar
(B) Why are you so late for the meeting, Robert asked Anwar.
(C) "Why are You so late for the Meeting, robert ? asked anwar.
(D) "Why are you so late for the meeting Robert ? asked Anwar."
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Answer 1

Answer:

Sentence which is correctly punctuated is:

(A) "Why are you so late for the meeting, Robert?" asked Anwar

Explanation:

Punctuation are used to organize a sentence . Moreover, it is used to create clarity and sense or to stress in a sentence. For example quotation marks " ", full stop (.), commas and so on.

Capitalization is a punctuation which refers to the use of an upper case or capital letter of the first letter in a word. There are certain rules that have to be followed to capitalize a letter:. in the above sentence 'Robert' is correctly capitalized

Direct speech refers to the actual words of the speaker being quoted.  It is enclosed in quotation marks or inverted commas. To introduce the spoken words of the speaker colon or comma is inserted after said.

In the above sentence, quotation marks are appropriately used to convey the speech of Anwar.

Answer 2

Answer:

Only one of the given sentences is correctly punctuated. Identify it :

(A) “Why are you so late for the meeting, Robert ?” asked Anwar.

(B) Why are you so late for the meeting, Robert asked Anwar.

(C) “Why are You so late for the Meeting, robert ?” asked anwar.

(D) “Why are you so late for the meeting Robert ? asked Anwar.”

Explanation:

A