"What on Earth," he asked, "do you mean?"
Some students could not write, spell or punctuate simple sentences.
The correct way to punctuate the given sentence is: "What has no legs but sometimes runs fast?" asked Mary. The question mark should be inside the quotation marks and followed by a comma before the attribution.
You must punctuate every sentence. You will learn to correctly punctuate sentences when you learn the types of sentences.
Sure! Here is the punctuated version of Susan's question: "Pal, what time do you start your shift, please?"
Punctuate mea ns you put the correct pu nctuatio n marks i n the se nte nces. Examples: My mother is a teacher. Is your mother a teacher? What! She is a teacher? Get the bottle from the teacher.
Some students could not write, spell or punctuate simple sentences.
"What are baby horses called?" asked Sally.
It should be--- "Who called me a dingbat?" asked Edith.
"Why are you here?" asked SGT Jiffy.
The correct way to punctuate the given sentence is: "What has no legs but sometimes runs fast?" asked Mary. The question mark should be inside the quotation marks and followed by a comma before the attribution.
You would correctly punctuate this as dialogue, and as a question."What can you possibly mean by that?" she stormed.You could also make it an exclamatory sentence as part of dialogue."What can you possibly mean by that!" she stormed.
It should be--- The first paper asked the question, " Why attend such a conference?" with the answer, "Connections."
A period at the end is the only punctuation in most cases. It is a declarative sentence.
Apostrophe
That, that is, is. That, that is not, is not. Is that it? It is.
I will punctuate this sentence.
You must punctuate every sentence. You will learn to correctly punctuate sentences when you learn the types of sentences.