Which quotation is correctly punctuated? A. My great-grandfather, says Mayor Farnham, built the town's first hardware store. B. There weren't any trees or houses here 30 years ago, said Jason Doyle. C. Mr. Kurtz, our town's oldest resident, said that he remembers watching the courthouse being built. D. Cattle have always been the basis of our economy, says Martha Clinton of Lazy I Ranch.

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Jasper Tucker

24 August, 00:04

Which quotation is correctly punctuated? A. My great-grandfather, says Mayor Farnham, built the town's first hardware store. B. There weren't any trees or houses here 30 years ago, said Jason Doyle. C. Mr. Kurtz, our town's oldest resident, said that he remembers watching the courthouse being built. D. Cattle have always been the basis of our economy, says Martha Clinton of Lazy I Ranch.

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Evelin Jimenez · Answer 1

The answer is the is in letter C. The commas seen in the third option is properly placed in order to emphasize ideas. Take for example the first comma after Mr. Kurtz that signifies that the man they were talking about is Mr. Kurtz and nobody else. The second comma stresses that Mr. Kurtz is the oldest resident of the place.