Question

Choose the option which correctly punctuates the sentence
“The sky is blue,” she said, and the grass is green.
(A) No change
(B) “The sky is blue,” she said, “and the grass is green.”
(C) The sky is blue, she said, “and the grass is green.”
(D) The sky is blue, “she said, and the grass is green.”

Answer 1

Hint: To suggest alternative meanings, and to write words as words, we use quotation marks with direct quotations, with titles of some works. With quotation marks, block citations are not set off. If you quote a full sentence, the quoted text is capitalised, and not capitalised if you quote a fragment.

Complete step by step answer:
To signify content that is being repeated word for word, quotation marks are used. Commas and intervals that are part of the original sentence go within the quotation marks, according to the general law, even though they are not part of the original quotation. The correct answer, therefore, should be Option D. Options A and C are incorrect, as not all direct expression is included in the quotation marks. Option B is incorrect because in the quoted text, the punctuations are not included.
Inverted commas are punctuation marks used to denote where a quotation or expression starts and finishes. 'Inverted commas can be single-'x'-or double-"x". They are often referred to as quotation marks, marks of expression or quotes.'

So, the correct answer is “Option D”.

Additional Information:
Inverted commas are mainly used in the following cases:
To mark the beginning and end of direct speech (i.e., a speaker’s words written down exactly as they were spoken)
'That,' he said, 'is nonsense.'
 In American English, the rule is to use double quotation marks:
"What time will he arrive?" she asked.

Note:
Here we need to know the basic concepts of using the quotation marks. Inverted commas are very common in use. We have to learn all the rules and concepts related to inverted commas before answering these types of questions.