Question

Which sentence is capitalized correctly? “Coach wants me to organize the team dinner,” said Derrick. “Coach wants me to organize the team dinner,” Said Derrick. “Coach wants me to organize the team dinner,” said derrick. “coach wants me to organize the team dinner,” said Derrick.

Answer 1

The correct answer is option A.  The correctly capitalised sentence is -  " Coach wants me to organise the team dinner, " said Derrick.   The first rule of capitalisation in English language is the first letter of a new sentence.  The second rule states capitalisation on Proper nouns  which may the names of person or places.  For example - Derrick, Himalayas,  Bengal Tiger etc.

Answer 2

"Coach wants me to organize the team dinner," Said Derrick.

Thus second sentence is correctly capitalized.

It is in this sentence that the inverted commas have been inserted properly.

For this, the reporting verb "said" is written with a capital 's'.

The first letter of the first word 'coach' also has a capital letter, and so does the proper noun Derrick.