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English Punctuation
Punctuation Rules Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rule Number 1 | If you aren't using a person's exact words, don't use quotation marks. |
| Rule Number 2 | If the person's words ask a question, state a command, or make a statement, place the appropriate punctuation inside the second quotation mark. |
| Rule Number 3 | When a person's sentence is interrupted with a dialogue tag (he said, she said), place a comma and quotation mark before and after the tag. |
| Rule Number 4 | If a statement ends before the dialogue tag, place a comma and quotation mark after the statement and a period after the tag. |
| Rule Number 7 | Begin a new paragraph each time the speaker changes. |
| Rule Number 8 | If you quote one person for more than two paragraphs, use quotation marks at the start of each paragraph and at the end of the last paragraph. |