Question

I stopped and asked her, do you not wish to live in your own country.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.
A) I stopped and asked her, do you not wish to live in your own country?
B) I stopped and asked her, “Do you not wish to live in your own country?”
C) I stopped and asked her, “Do you not wish to live in your own country!”
D) NO CHANGE

Answer 1

Hint: Speech marks are also known as quotation marks, quote marks, inverted commas, talking marks, all are these comes under the punctuation marks. Punctuation involves the use of proper spacing, question marks etc.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Punctuation involves a writing style that helps a reader for better understanding and correct reading of the written text.
Option A) I stopped and asked her, do you not wish to live in your own country? – is an incorrect answer because in the direct speech are not enclosed within the quotation marks. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) I stopped and asked her, “Do you not wish to live in your own country?” – is the correct answer because the direct speech is enclosed within the quotation marks. The speech is in the form of a question to the listener then such a question should be followed by a quotation mark. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option C) I stopped and asked her, “Do you not wish to live in your own country!” – this is an incorrect answer because the wrong use of the exclamation (!). We use exclamations to express strong or forceful emotions such as anger, happiness, sadness etc. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) NO CHANGE – is an incorrect answer because this option is a null option and the correct answer lies in option B.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’ i.e, I stopped and asked her, “Do you not wish to live in your own country?”

Note: The given sentence in the question states the direct words of a speaker, this speech should be enclosed within quotation marks (“”). The speech is in the form of a question to the listener, such a sentence should end with a question mark. Thus, according to the rules, the correct form of writing the sentence will be - I stopped and asked her, “Do you not wish to live in your own country?”