Question

Select the option that correctly punctuates the given line:
What are you saying!
A) What are you saying;
B) What are you saying
C) What are you saying"
D) What are you saying?

Answer 1

Hint: In the English language, there are 14 different punctuation marks. Period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, brackets, braces, parentheses, apostrophe, quote mark, and ellipsis are all examples of punctuation marks.

Complete answer:
In the above question, the given sentence is interrogative, that is, it is asking a question. Interrogative sentences always end with a question mark.
What are you saying! is wrong since an interrogatory phrase does not conclude with an exclamation mark?

Let us look at the given options:
A) What are you saying; : This option is incorrect because we cannot use a semicolon since the statement is a question. Semicolons are also used to join two major clauses together in a sentence.
B) What are you saying: This option is incorrect because punctuation is required at the conclusion of every sentence.
C) What are you saying": This option is incorrect because inverted commas are used to separate sentences, especially when they are part of a dialogue. Furthermore, the double inverted comma is only used at the end, which is wrong.
D) What are you saying?: This is the correct answer. We use question marks at the conclusion of an interrogatory phrase, so this is proper.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (D) i.e, What are you saying?

Note: In sentences, punctuation is employed to provide meaning, clarity, and tension. Punctuation marks to aid in the organisation and structure of your work. Punctuation clarifies the meaning of a phrase by indicating how it should be interpreted. A capital letter should occur at the start of each phrase, followed by a full stop, exclamation mark, or question mark.